The Demon in the Teahouse

Someone is murdering geishas, the beautiful, mysterious women of Japan. The famous samurai Judge Ooka is called to solve the mystery, and he assigns his teenage stepson Seikei to work in one of the teahouses where geishas entertain. Seikei winds up entering the dark worlds of demons and revenge, as he struggles to find out who the killer is before he himself becomes a victim. More

Fourteen-year-old Seikei accompanies his foster father, Judge Ooka, to help put out a fire in the city of Edo, military capital of 18th-century Japan. They find evidence that someone has set the fire deliberately, and their quest to find out who that person is leads them to Yoshihara--the shadowy city within a city that only comes alive when the sun goes down. Here Japan's famous geishas live and work, entertaining the rich and powerful. The mystery deepens when the Judge discovers that someone has been murdering geishas, and the rumor has spread that the killer is a demon who cannot be stopped. The Judge assigns Seikei to work in one of the teahouses and get to the heart of the mystery--a task that will test Seikei's courage and resourcefulness to the limit.

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