"In this elaborate whodonit, private detective and astrologer Kiyoshi Mitarai faces his greatest challenge--in just one week he must solve a bizarre mystery that has baffled the Japanese nation for more than 40 years: who murdered the Tokyo artist Heikichi Umezawa, raped and killed his eldest daughter, and then chopped up bodies of six of his daughters and nieces to create Azoth, the supreme woman..."--Jacket
Notes
Translation of: Senseijutsu satsujin jiken
"This book is published within the Japanese Literature Publishing Project managed by the Japan Association for Cultural Exchange on behalf of the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan"--T.p. verso
