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The Hell Screen: A Mystery of Ancient Japan
by Parker, I. J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 031228795X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312287955
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Synopsis
A tangled web of deceit strikes very close to home in this new mystery of ancient Japan featuring Sugawara Akitada Eleventh-century Japan is the expertly realized setting for I. J. Parker?s ingenious mystery series featuring sleuth Sugawara Akitada. In The Hell Screen , Akitada is on his way to the bedside of his dying mother when bad weather forces him to take refuge in a temple whose central treasure is a brilliantly painted hell screen. Perhaps its violent imagery influences his dreams: that night he is awakened by a scream. It?s only after Akitada returns to a scene of domestic unhappiness and scandal that the significance of that cry becomes clear. For while he slept, a woman was murdered, and now he must find her killer.
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- 027331
- Title
- The Hell Screen: A Mystery of Ancient Japan
- Author
- Parker, I. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- 1ST
- ISBN 10
- 031228795X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312287955
- Publisher
- Minotaur Books
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Fm
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