Part of Series
Set in ancient Japan, Natsuhiko Kyogoku's chilling series interweaves tales of karma and retribution with supernatural tricksters and spirits. In The Flying Heads, when local authorities refuse to act, the Mendicant steps in to help the residents of a small Izu town being terrorized by a serial rapist. An outlaw, a crime boss, a wandering ronin, and a corrupt official are caught in a web of retribution resonating with echoes of an ancient legend, but not everything is as it seems.
Author
Natsuhiko Kyogoku ( 京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume. (from Wikipedia)
