Chashitsu Satsujin Densetsu (Kodansha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] A tea ceremony held at the residence of the head of the Aoyama school of tea ceremony in the ancient capital of Kamakura was also the occasion for the announcement of the engagement of a sergeant. At the tea party, a man is found dead with a kitchen knife thrust into his chest. Komiko Odaka, who was at the scene as an assistant, joins Iemoto's second son, Akijiro, and Prefectural Police Detective Azumi to investigate the hidden traditions of the tea ceremony and a grudge that dates back to the Warring States period. A masterful full-length mystery.

古都・鎌倉、相山流茶道の家元邸で開かれた茶会は御曹子婚約発表の場でもあった。その席で、ある男が胸に包丁を突き立てた死体となって発見される。手伝いとして現場にいた小高紅美子は、家元の次男・秋次郎や県警の安積刑事と流派に隠された伝承と戦国時代にさかのぼる怨讐を追う。傑作長編ミステリー。