Nonami, Asa, 1960-

The hunter : a Detective Takako Otomichi mystery / Asa Nonami ; translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter. - 1st ed. - Tokyo ; New York : [S.l] : Kodansha International ; Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, 2006. - 269 p. ; 24 cm.

Translation of: Kogoeru kiba. "Originally published Shinchosha, Tokyo, in 1996 under the title: Kogoeru kiba"--T.p. verso.

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Takako Otomichi, battling the disapproval of her family and prejudice against women on the job, takes on her first assignment as a detective to investigate the death of a Tokyo businessman who burst into flames while dining in a restaurant, and whose body bears bite marks similar to those found in a string of homicides.

Adult Follett Library Resources

9784770030252 (hardcover) 4770030258 (harcover)

2006023086


Women detectives--Fiction.
Serial murderers--Fiction.
Women detectives--Fiction.
Serial killers--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.


Tokyo (Japan)--Fiction.
Tokyo (Japan)--Fiction.

PL857.O494 / K6413 2006

895.6/35