Background
Akimitsu Takagi was born on September 25, 1920 in Aomori Prefecture.
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The Informer
(A former Tokyo stock exchange worker is fired because of ...)
A former Tokyo stock exchange worker is fired because of illegal trades. A subsequent stock market crash means that he has no hope of returning to his old career and therefore he accepts a job from an old friend even though he eventually discovers that the new firm he works for is really an agency for industrial espionage. The plot is based on actual events.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569472432/?tag=2022091-20
1965
Honeymoon to Nowhere
(Etsuko has fallen in love with the shy young university l...)
Etsuko has fallen in love with the shy young university lecturer who clumsily courts her. But her family objects to his past: his father was a war criminal, his deceased younger brother, a murderer. When Etsuko lies to force the marriage through, she thinks their troubles are over, but on their wedding night, the groom leaves in response to an urgent phone call. In the morning, he is still missing.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001PKTFMI/?tag=2022091-20
1999
The Tattoo Murder Case
(Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered in...)
Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered in Tokyo, her severed limbs discovered in a room locked from the inside. Gone is the part of her that bore one of the most beautiful full-body tattoos ever rendered. Kenzo Matsushita, a young doctor who was first to discover the crime scene, feels compelled to assist his detective brother, who is in charge of the case. But Kenzo has a secret: he was Kinue’s lover, and soon his involvement in the investigation becomes as twisted and complex as the writhing snakes that once adorned Kinue’s torso.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003NUQNOQ/?tag=2022091-20
2001
Akimitsu Takagi
Edit Profile彬光 高木
also known as
Seiichi
Education
He graduated from the Daiichi High School (which was often abbreviated to Ichi-ko) and Kyoto Imperial University, where he studied metallurgy.
Career
He was employed by the Nakajima Aircraft Company, but lost his job with the prohibition on military industries in Japan after World War II.
On the recommendation of a fortune-teller, he decided to become a writer. He sent the second draft of his first detective story, The Tattoo Murder Case, to the great mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo, who recognized his skill and who recommended it to a publisher. It was published in 1948.
Takagi was a self-taught legal expert and the heroes in most of his books were usually prosecutors or police detectives, although the protagonist in his first stories was Kyosuke Kamizu, an assistant professor at Tokyo University.
Takagi explored variations on the detective novel in the 1960s, including historical mysteries, picaresque novels, legal mysteries, economic crime stories, and science fiction alternate history.
He was struck by stroke several times since 1979, and died in 1995.
Works
book
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The Tattoo Murder Case
(Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered in...)
2001 -
Honeymoon to Nowhere
(Etsuko has fallen in love with the shy young university l...)
1999 -
The Informer
(A former Tokyo stock exchange worker is fired because of ...)
1965
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The Tattoo Murder Case
