Inspector Saito's Small Satori

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A young American woman is found stabbed in a temple. A boy who sells noodle soup is accused of drug dealing. An old man who never drinks becomes so drunk he dies in his burning house. These cases are handed to Inspector Saito Masanobu, renowned as the most clever detective on the Kyoto police force. But no one can guess the secret of his success: Parallel Cases Under the Pear Tree, an ancient book devised by Chinese magistrates a thousand years ago. With it, Saito can solve the most baffling cases. For even in the holy city, death and danger lurk around every corner....