Autorentext

Sara Aoyama is a published translator and retired digital librarian who writes cozy mysteries that draw on the traditions and culture of Kyoto, Japan. Drawing on the thirteen years she spent living in Japan, Sara brings an authentic and immersive touch to her storytelling, highlighting everyday life in contemporary Kyoto. She is the author of Murder on Teramachi Street, the first installment in the four-part Kyoto Teramachi Mystery Series, which is available now. She is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and if she's up early enough she can do her daily writing while gazing at the mist on the mountains outside of her office window.

Klappentext

Keiko Hattori is the owner of a small restaurant in Kyoto. She's proud to live on a traditional street and knows her neighbors quite well. Recently more and more foreign visitors are coming to Kyoto and some of them patronize her restaurant. One morning two of her patrons stroll down to the used bookstore and discover that it has yet to open. They can hear a cat yowling loudly. Concerned, they ask Keiko if she knows the owner, who lives above the shop. She does and she even has a key. She opens the door and reluctantly climbs the stairs only to find the owner, Mr. Tanaka lying dead on the tatami mat. She assumes it is a heart attack, but when the police investigate, they find poison in one of two teacups. Who would want to kill an old man? Granted he himself is not a native of Kyoto and he isn't the friendliest, but what would the motive be?