The Lady Killer

By Masako Togawa

Book Overview

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.

The Lady Killer is the twenty-first book in the Pushkin Vertigo line of crime fiction but can be read as a standalone novel.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782273646
• ISBN13: 9781782273646
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"