Honeymoon to Nowhere

Honeymoon to Nowhere (ゼロの蜜月, Zero no Mitsugetsu; Zero Honeymoon) is a 1965 novel by Akimitsu Takagi.

Sadako Mizuguchi translated the book into English.[1] In 1977, it was published in English in the United States in a mass market paperback format,[2] by Playboy Press.[3] It was the second novel by Takagi to have an English translation.[4] In 1999 it was published in English in the United States by Soho Press in a trade paperback format.[2]

Story

Yoshihiro Tsukamoto, who had just married Etsuko Ogata, vanishes during their honeymoon, and his body is discovered the following morning. Etsuko's family had wanted her to marry another person, Tetsuya Higuchi.

The detective on the case is Saburo Kirishima.

Katy Munger stated that the book demonstrates "how tradition and custom underpin Japan's tightly controlled society."[4]

Reception

Munger stated that this book had succeeded in the Japanese market.[4]

See also

Other novels by Takagi:

References

  1. ^ "Honeymoon to nowhere / [by] Akimitsu Takagi ; [Translated from the Japanese by Sadako Mizuguchi]". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  2. ^ a b "Honeymoon to Nowhere". Kirkus Reviews. 1999-05-01. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  3. ^ "Honeymoon to Nowhere". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  4. ^ a b c Munger, Katy (1999-07-25). "The Informer Honeymoon to Nowhere". Washington Post. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
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