Polisi menemukan surat wasiat aneh yang memaparkan rencananya untuk menciptakan Azoth Ósang wanita sempurnaÓdari potongan-potongan tubuh para wanita muda kerabatnya. Pada suatu malam bersalju tahun 1936, seorang seniman dipukuli hingga tewas di balik pintu studionya yang terkunci di Tokyo. In 2009 Shimada received the prestigious Japan Mystery Literature Award in recognition of his life's work. Blending classical detective fiction with grisly violence and elements of the occult, he has gone on to publish several highly acclaimed series of mystery fiction, including the casebooks of Kiyoshi Mitarai and Takeshi Yoshiki. A novelist, essayist and short-story writer, he made his literary debut in 1981 with The Tokyo Zodiac Murders, which was shortlisted for the Edogawa Rampo Prize. You have all the clues, but can you solve the mystery before they do? Born in 1948 in Hiroshima prefecture, Soji Shimada has been dubbed the 'God of Mystery' by international audiences. A mystery-obsessed illustrator and a talented astrologer set off around the country - and you follow, carrying the enigma of the Zodiac murderer through madness, missed leads and magic tricks. By 1979, these Tokyo Zodiac Murders have been obsessing a nation for decades, but not one of them has been solved. Shortly afterwards, the plan is carried out: the women are found dismembered and buried across rural Japan. His diaries reveal alchemy, astrology and a complicated plan to kill all seven women. An old eccentric artist living with seven women has been found dead- in a room locked from the inside. A bestselling and internationally-acclaimed masterpiece of the locked-room mystery genreJapan, 1936.
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