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Etsuko has fallen in love with the shy young university lecturer who clumsily courts her. But her family objects to his past: his father was a war criminal; his deceased younger brother, a murderer...

The informer

By Takagi Akimitsu

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"A stock market trader cuts corners in operating a "private" hedge fund that suffers heavy losses and he is fired. When he is approached with an offer of highly paid work, he agrees to become an in...

The Tattoo Murder Case

By Akimitsu Takagi

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Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered in Tokyo, her severed limbs discovered in a room locked from the inside. Gone is the part of her that bore one of the most beautiful full-body...

The Informer

By Akimitsu Takagi Translated By Sadako Mizuguchi

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When he loses his job as a trader after the stock market crashes, Shigeo Segawa is offered lucrative work as an industrial spy. How could he say no? He is soon assigned to seduce an ex-girlfriend a...

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