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Ooka, Tadasuke
3 Reviews
(3)
4-6
Men whose backs are covered with colorful and elaborate tattoos resembling maps, are turning up dead or are in danger. In their sixth thrilling adventure set in eighteenth-century feudal Japan, Seikei and Judge Ooka embark on a dangerous mission to find out the truth behind the tattoos while discovering plots against the Emperor.
Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo
(3)
4-6
When the well-guarded Lord Inaba is murdered in his sleep, all suspect a ninja; so why does Judge Ooka assign one to accompany his crime-solving assistant, Seikei, the fourteen-year-old apprentice samurai from The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn and The Demon in the Teahouse? Fascinating details of eighteenth-century Japan are again woven seamlessly into an enjoyable mystery.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano
(2)
4-6
The sequel to The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn finds Seikei (now adopted by the Sherlock Holmes of Japan, Judge Ooka) solving another case, this one involving mysterious fires and deaths, all of which seem to lead to a famous geisha. Details of Shogun-era Japan are seamlessly woven into a gripping story. Though the resolution is less satisfying than in the first book, the fast-moving plot and a perfectly evoked setting easily carry the novel.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2001
3 reviews
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