
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 Corpse at the Crossroads, the Mendicant joins forces with a Kyoto criminal gang to try to discover what is behind the appearance of a succession of decomposing female corpses at a busy crossroads just outside the ancient capital, a spot associated with a ghostly legend. The Mendicant must come to grips with a Buddhist parable about the impermanence of all things and confront his own fears about death before solving this perplexing and disturbing riddle.
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)