A Haiku for Hanae - Otani, Bk 11 Author:James Melville On a return visit to the island of Awaji, Inspector Otani can't help but recall the curious people he met twenty years before when he was investigating the murder of an American missionary. The overly friendly stranger had been killed right in front of the Shinto shrine, but no one -- including the incompetent local police chief and the disi... more »nterested Buddhist priest -- had any idea why.
Otani had started in at once ot learn who knew the man and who would want him dead. It didn't take long for the resourceful inspector to develop an impressive list of suspects and surprising clues. With a sly nudge from the spirit world, he began to piece together a murderous scenario that took its clue from an ancient Japanese fable and the modern interplay of passion and greed gone wild.« less