James Melville Tetsuo Otani book 4 Fawcett-Mystery .Used Paperback Cover has wear mostly around the edges and corners. Spine has creasing. Spine is cocked. Previous stores stamp on the top page ends. Pages are clean no internal tears, marks, or creases. HER BODY WAS FOUND IN THE SWEET HARMONY ROOM... — Rooms by the hour are the specialty of the Fantasia Hotel, and the Sweet Harmony Room is a favorite, with its emerald-and-gold tiled bathroom, mirrored ceiling, and videotape recorder. It was here that Cleo Ventura, a "hostess" from Manila, met her last client -- and her brutal end....Investigating the scene of the crime (accompanied by his embarrassed wife, Hanae, so as not to arouse suspicion), Superintendent Tetsuo Otani is surprised by a small ivory figure -- a netsuke -- hidden in the love suite. As it is clearly very old and possibly quite valuable, Otani pockets the netsuke as evidence...and sets in motion a national scandal.For the netsuke was originally part of a set of nine -- each representing one of the Greek muses. Seven are already National Treasures. The eighth, in Otani's possession until Hanae insists on a safer hiding place, becomes the motive for dark suspicion and a kidnapping. But where is the ninth netsuke? And what could it have to do with Cleo Ventura's death? F-1
