{"product_id":"book-h98e","title":"The Rope Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe aftermath of the murder of a bondage teacher reveals the darkest corners of the human mind in this chilling new mystery from the master of Japanese literary noir.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eTwo detectives. Two identical women. One dead body—then two, then three, then four. All knotted up in Japan’s underground BDSM scene and kinbaku, a form of rope bondage which bears a complex cultural history of spirituality, torture, cleansing, and sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eAs Togashi, a junior member of the police force, investigates the murder of a kinbaku instructor, he finds himself unable to resist his own private transgressive desires. In contrast, Togashi’s Sherlock Holmesian colleague Hayama is morally upright to a fault, with a stalwart commitment to the truth and nearly superhuman powers of deduction. When Hayama notices a dangerous measure of darkness within Togashi, he embarks on a parallel investigation, which soon spirals out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eUnflinching in its flayed-raw treatment of identity, violence, sexuality, power, the occult, and the divine, \u003cem\u003eThe Rope Artist\u003c\/em\u003e is both viscerally painful and unexpectedly hopeful—a genre homage that shines a light on the most dangerous elements of the human psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49355476304176,"sku":"BDh98e","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49355476402480,"sku":"ZEh98e","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49355476336944,"sku":"ZMh98e","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/375936-h98e-Square.jpg?v=1734390707","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-h98e","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}