| Title | : | Point Zero |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Seicho Matsumoto & Louise Heal Kawai |
| Release | : | 2024-03-26 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Mysteries & Thrillers, Books, Women Sleuths, Fiction & Literature |
| Size | : | 776288 |
| A triumph by Seicho Matsumoto (1909-1992), the master of Japanese mystery writing. A beautifully written novel that takes on the taboo of Japanese prostitution catering to GIs during the American post-war occupation. Tokyo 1958, Teiko marries Kenichi Uehara, ten years her senior, an advertising man recommended by an intermediary. After a four-day honeymoon, Kenichi vanishes. Keito travels to the coastal and snow-bound city of Kanazawa, where Kenishi was last seen, to investigate his disappearance. She discovers that he had been a police officer in Tokyo after the war, keeping watch over pan pan girls, Japanese prostitutes catering to GIs. Some of these women have created a new life in Kanazawa and may have taken extreme measures to hide their past. |
