Sayonara, Sweet Amaryllis
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
In the rain-slicked streets and serene temple gardens of modern Japan, Superintendent Tetsuo Otani of the Hyogo Prefectural Police finds himself entangled in a mystery that cuts through the elegant world of traditional flower arranging — ikebana — when a celebrated foreign teacher of the art is found dead under deeply suspicious circumstances. Sayonara, Sweet Amaryllis is a deftly crafted police procedural that immerses the reader in the rituals, hierarchies, and quiet tensions of Japanese society, where honour and deception are separated by the finest of lines. James Melville — the pen name of Roy Peter Martin — was one of Britain's most astute chroniclers of contemporary Japan, bringing to his Otani mysteries an anthropologist's eye and a storyteller's instinct for suspense. His prose moves with the unhurried grace of a Japanese scroll painting, yet beneath the surface calm churns a current of dark human motive. Rich with cultural texture and anchored by the warm, wryly observant Otani and his eccentric team, this entry in the beloved series will leave readers both charmed by Japan and unsettled by what lurks beneath its composed exterior.
Author: James Melville
Format: Hardback
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
In the rain-slicked streets and serene temple gardens of modern Japan, Superintendent Tetsuo Otani of the Hyogo Prefectural Police finds himself entangled in a mystery that cuts through the elegant world of traditional flower arranging — ikebana — when a celebrated foreign teacher of the art is found dead under deeply suspicious circumstances. Sayonara, Sweet Amaryllis is a deftly crafted police procedural that immerses the reader in the rituals, hierarchies, and quiet tensions of Japanese society, where honour and deception are separated by the finest of lines. James Melville — the pen name of Roy Peter Martin — was one of Britain's most astute chroniclers of contemporary Japan, bringing to his Otani mysteries an anthropologist's eye and a storyteller's instinct for suspense. His prose moves with the unhurried grace of a Japanese scroll painting, yet beneath the surface calm churns a current of dark human motive. Rich with cultural texture and anchored by the warm, wryly observant Otani and his eccentric team, this entry in the beloved series will leave readers both charmed by Japan and unsettled by what lurks beneath its composed exterior.