The Tattoo Murder Case

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Tokyo, 1947. Dr. Kenzo Matsushita is having an affair with a woman whose body is covered in extraordinary tattoos — works of art on living skin. When she is found murdered, the tattooed torso missing, Kenzo becomes both suspect and detective. The case leads him into the world of traditional Japanese tattoo culture, where the art on a person's body can be more valuable than the person underneath it. Akimitsu Takagi's mystery combines a locked-room puzzle with a meditation on beauty, obsession, and the uncomfortable question of who owns a work of art when the canvas is human. A murder mystery where the real crime isn't killing the woman — it's what was done to her body afterward.