A Sort of Samurai by James Melville 1st Ed, 1981 Ex-Library Hardback

In the immediate aftermath on an earthquake in the Kobe area, a prominent German businessman is found dead in a disused warehouse and the obvious explanation is death by natural causes as there are no signs of foul play. But the body just happens to have been discovered by Superintendent Tetsuo Otani, who notices that the German\u2019s faithful dog \u2013 still guarding the corpse \u2013 has been cared for after its master\u2019s death. Before Otani and his team of detectives can start to discover \u2018who done it\u2019 they have to work out how it was done. Could death have been caused by a rare judo hold called the hadaka-jime (the \u2018naked strangle\u2019)? If so, who was proficient enough in the martial arts to use the hold \u2013 and why? The answers threaten Otani\u2019s professional and personal honour.\nRoy Peter Martin is an English author who has written under the pseudonyms James Melville and Hampton Charles.