THE NOH MASK MURDER PB – AKIMITSU TAKAGI-JESSE KIRKWOOD

p b Can you solve the puzzle of the Noh Mask Murder? /b /p p Death and madness have haunted the Chizui family for years. Now a strange figure has been seen wandering their mansion at night, wearing a sinister Noh mask that is said to bear a centuries-old curse. /p p Budding crime writer and sleuth Akimitsu Takagi receives a desperate plea for help from the head of the family but arrives too late to find the man dead in a locked room, with the mask at his feet. Takagi begins to investigate, but it seems the curse of the mask is not finished with the Chizuis yet… /p p From one of Japan s most renowned mystery writers-who appears in the novel as a detective!- em The Noh Mask Murder /em is an ingeniously constructed masterpiece with a breathtaking ending. /p