Masako Togawa Livres

A dizzying tale of lust, mystery, and murder—from a beloved Japanese crime fiction author and LGBT icon The Lady Killer leads a double life in Tokyo's shadowy underworld. By day, he is a devoted husband and hard worker; by night, he cruises cabaret bars and nightclubs in search of lonely single women to seduce. But now the hunter is being hunted, and in his wake lies a trail of gruesome murders. Who is the culprit? The answer lies tangled in a web of clues—and to find it, he must accept that nothing is what it seems. The Lady Killer pulls from author Masako Togawa’s vibrant personal life as a cabaret performer for Tokyo’s gay nightclub scene during the ‘50s and ‘60s. Throughout her writing career, Togawa continued to champion the LGBT community as a queer woman—sealing her reputation as one of Japan’s most prominent crime fiction authors and LGBT heroines.

First published in Japanese by Kodansha in 1962--Title page verso.

Der junge Psychiater Dr. Uemura hat zwei Probleme. Das eine ist sein Patient, der Student Akio Tanno, der behauptet, eine Frau umgebracht zu haben. Das andere ist die attraktive Frau Owada, das vermeintliche Opfer. Sie ist quicklebendig und behauptet, Akio Tanno überhaupt nicht zu kennen. Dr. Uemura will der Sache auf den Grund gehen. Doch anstatt dass sich das Rätsel löst, verliert er sich in einem Labyrinth aus Geheimnissen, Obsessionen und Erpressung.