占星術殺人事件
Author: 島田 荘司
Summary
Japanese
密室で殺された画家が遺した手記には、六人の処女の肉体から完璧な女=アゾートを創る計画が書かれていた。彼の死後、六人の若い女性が行方不明となり肉体の一部を切り取られた姿で日本各地で発見される。事件から四十数年、未だ解かれていない猟奇殺人のトリックとは!? 名探偵・御手洗潔を生んだ衝撃のデビュー作、完全版!
English (Google Translate edition)
In the notes left behind by a painter who was murdered in a locked room, he wrote about a plan to create a perfect woman, Azoth, from the bodies of six virgins. After his death, six young women went missing and were found with parts of their bodies cut off all over Japan. Forty years after the incident, what is the trick behind the bizarre murders that have yet to be solved? The complete version of the shocking debut work that gave birth to the great detective Mitarai Kiyoshi!
Length: 544 pages
Category: Fast
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Availability
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Personal Opinion
I don’t remember how I found this book, but I like murder mysteries, and this seems to be a pretty famous one. It was successful enough to have an English translation (The Tokyo Zodiac Murders), so hopefully that’s a good sign?
Pros and Cons for the Book Club
Pros
- Murder mysteries are fun to read as a group.
Cons
- The premise is a little gruesome, though it might just be normal mystery novel stuff.
Sample Pages
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