I've just finished Akimitsu Takagi's NO PATENT ON MURDER, an
interesting novel that starts out as a kind of
romance-with-a-touch-of-mystery (a sort of Japanese REBECCA),
then suddenly shifts gears and becomes a police procedural of
sorts. There's an interesting twist in that the state
prosecutor who is the active investigator in the story also
plays an important though inadvertent role in the romantic
setup.
I don't mean to give the impression that this IS a Japanese
REBECCA, just that the plot is set up similarly. I don't
guess it's particularly HB, though it has its tough
aspects.
Takagi has written others, but I don't know if they are
independent or series novels. I enjoyed this one quite a
bit.
Jim Beaver
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