Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Murder and mayhem are coupled with folklore and fable in this riveting tale of suspense. When the body of one of Nagano Prefectureâs most prominent businessmen is found propped against a tree on Poison Plain, home of the legendary Demoness Maple, Inspector Takemura finds himself searching for the killer with the help and hindrance of an esteemed Tokyo professor and a beautiful university student. As the bodies begin to multiply in the sleepy mountain town of Togakushi, the three learn that the resemblance of the murders to those of regional folklore is much more than coincidence. 311p.
Published by Paris, Dalibon, 1822., 1822
Seller: Joe Maynard, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, 1/2 title, frontispiece, title-page, lxxviii, 344pp, contemporary blue-papered boards, red morocco lettering piece (lacking front blank, and/or endpaper, rubbing to covers, heavier at extremities, else very good).