Bett Sam - The Rope Artist - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Two detectives. Two identical women. One dead body - then two then three then four. All knotted up in Japan's underground BDSM scene and kinbaku a form of rope bondage which bears a complex cultural history of spirituality torture cleansing and sacrifice. As Togashi a junior member of the police force investigates the murder of a kinbaku instructor he finds himself unable to resist his own private transgressive desires. In contrast Togashi's Sherlock Holmesian colleague Hayama is morally upright to a fault with a stalwart commitment to the truth and nearly superhuman powers of deduction. When Hayama notices a dangerous measure of darkness within Togashi he embarks on a parallel investigation which soon spirals out of control. Unflinching in its flayed - raw treatment of identity violence sexuality power the occult and the divine The Rope Artist is both viscerally painful and unexpectedly hopeful - a genre homage that shines a light on the most dangerous elements of the human psyche.
Title: The Rope Artist
Author(s): Bett Sam
Publisher: Soho Press
Barcode: 9781641295697
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 4/2/2024
Category: Crime & Mystery