A review by staticdisplay
The Lady Killer by Masako Togawa

3.0

the psychological elements of this mystery are interesting, and it does feel fairly modern which is pretty impressive considering that it was written about 60 years ago! I didn't enjoy this more because I found the central mystery yucky (to be really sophisticated with my language) and I wasn't interested in seeing Honda exonerated. from the little blurbs I'd much rather learn more about Masako Togawa, who seems to have had a fascinating life, than do a deep dive into the psyche of a misogynistic fragile narcissist. (I'm wondering how novel this was back in the 60s - I'm guessing this was ahead of its time in terms of portraying this kind of male character [now we're over-saturated], but I could be wrong.)