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Sonoko Takatsuki (International) assertion Sonoko Takatsuki i(A115857 works by) (birth name: 高月・園子)
Born: Established: 1952 ;
Gender: Female
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11 7 y separately published work icon Fetish Tara Moss , ( trans. Sonoko Takatsuki with title 偏愛 : 探偵モデル・マケーデ ) Tokyo : Village Books , 2010 Z503323 1999 single work novel crime 'Tall, blonde and beautiful - It's no surprise that Canadian Makedde Vanderwall is a model. What is surprising is her street-smart ways and her own recognition that modeling is only a stopgap career, a lucrative means to fund her tuition for a degree in forensic psychology. But more surprising - and disturbing - is that while on assignment in Sydney, Australia, Makedde finds herself in the middle of a grisly, sensational hunt for the "Stiletto Murderer" - a serial killer who brutally murdered Makedde's best friend - and may see Makedde as his next fashion victim.
Who is this murderous monster with the penchant for sexy shoes? The world of fashion takes on sinister tones - a photographer who get off on snapping photos of dead bodies; beautiful women with rich but mysterious sugar daddies; and bottom feeders who cruise the murky ocean of high fashion and low morals. And now, seemingly deserted by the one cop who can save her, Makedde is a girl on the edge of unimaginable terror, in a place where perfect beauty is transformed into darkest death...'
Source: Author's website
3 1 y separately published work icon Apartment 255 Bunty Avieson , ( trans. Sonoko Takatsuki with title Supūn sanpai shitto )with title スプーン三杯の嫉妬 ) Tokyo : Sony Magazines , 2005 Z922571 2001 single work novel thriller

'Someone is watching her ... looks can kill

'Sarah and Ginny have been best friends since school. Then Sarah meets Tom. Her career takes off. She and Tom move into a stunning inner-city apartment.

'But Ginny has not been so lucky. She wanted Tom, but she didn't get him. She wants ... what Sarah has.

'Ginny moves into an apartment overlooking Sarah and Tom's. She starts watching them. ' (Publication summary)
2 1 y separately published work icon Who Killed Bianca? Emma Darcy , ( trans. Sonoko Takatsuki with title Korosare isogu onnatachi )with title 殺され急ぐ女たち ) Tokyo : Shueisha , 2004 Z1048921 2002 single work novel crime

Bianca Bernini did not foresee she would inspire her own murder when she boarded the legendary Ghan for the two day train trip from Sydney to Alice Springs. As the most read, most listened to gossip columnist in Australia, she was revelling in he power to ruin the lives of eight other passengers - eight highly placed, privileged people, who were determined on hiding their secrets at any cost. What would they pay to stop the public revelations she could and would make? For K.C. Gordon, successful romance novelist, travelling is a way of recharging her batteries - meeting new people, seeing new places, embracing new experiences. Wanting to set her next story in the Australian outback she starts off her trip on The Ghan hoping some of the passengers will provide inspiration for new characters. Within an hour of the train leaving platform one she is reluctantly drawn into the web Bianca is weaving around her victims. But the web is already spun. - back cover (Macmillan, 2002)
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