The Tattoo Murder Case by Akimitsu Takagi

In The Informer (1965), a former Tokyo stock exchange worker is fired because of illegal trades.

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.

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. He received the Tantei sakka club sho (Mystery Writers Club Award) for his second novel, the Noh Mask Murder Case in 1950. 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. On the recommendation of a fortune-teller, he decided to become a writer. He was employed by the Nakajima Aircraft Company, but lost his job with the prohibition on military industries in Japan after World War II. He graduated from the Daiichi High School (which was often abbreviated to Ichi-ko) and Kyoto Imperial University, where he studied metallurgy. Takagi was born in Aomori City in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan.

Akimitsu Takagi ( 高木彬光, Takagi Akimitsu?, 25 September 1920–9 September 1995), was the pen-name of a popular Japanese crime fiction writer active during the Showa period of Japan.

The Tattoo Murder Case by Akimitsu Takagi