Juliano Rizzoni, a young painter prodigy acclaimed by the international contemporary art scene, learns traditional Japanese tattooing from a great master on the island of Hokkaido. An art that he sublimates on the skins of several of his partners in love, thus decorated with true masterpieces. But when the tattooed skins appear alone at an auction at Sotheby's, the collectors' market goes crazy and the police are on the lookout: what happened to the individuals from whom they were taken? Anouk Shutterbeg's first novel (in French), the book uses the world of irezumi to build a breathtaking and bloody treasure hunt. Publisher: Plon - - Price : 18€90