num_pages: 192
description: The murder of respected foreign academic David Murrow, a leading light in Kobe’s expatriate community, is clearly a case for Superintendent Otani and his team of detectives but also a source of anxiety for Andrew Walker, the innocent and well-meaning British Vice-Consul in Osaka, who has to learn – rapidly – the diplomatic niceties of a formal Japanese police investigation and also the intricacies and rituals of Japanese mourning ceremonies. Both Walker and Otani discover that following the Chrysanthemum Chain leads to the secret life of the victim, which both local criminal gangs and high-powered politicians are determined should stay secret.
language: English
title: The Chrysanthemum Chain
titlecomplete: The Chrysanthemum Chain
genres: Japan, Mystery
ratings_count: 62
series: Tetsuo Otani
publisher: Secker & Warburg