The Brush of Her Hand. A Set of 2 Books

She came to the legendary detective Kiyoshi Mitarai – this strange woman named Kayo Ninomiya. However, he has long been away from home, traveling to various countries. She was received by the detective's friend, writer Kazumi Isioka. There can be no crazier request than that of the woman: Isioka must go with her to a remote wilderness to find buried there… the brush of her own hand. Meanwhile, both of her hands are intact. Amazed at himself, the writer agrees. And so they arrive in a mysterious mountain village at the strange and gloomy Ryugatei inn. But they will have to postpone their business: an impossible murder occurs at the inn. In a locked, well-visible room with tightly closed panoramic windows on all walls, a woman who was playing music on a traditional Japanese instrument – the koto – is killed by a shot to the head. And at the same moment, the room is engulfed in flames… This mystery is just for Mitarai. But he is not in Japan, and the only way to contact him is in writing…