Promise of death

Detective Suguro is enjoying a stay at a luxurious hotel in Wakayama Also staying at the hotel is an unusual family led by rich widow Mrs Hondo She acts like a tyrant around her children who are afraid of her and are at her beck and call Unfortunately a tragedy strikes the Hondo Family while on a hike to a local shrine Mrs Hondo who was supposed to be taking a rest on the way is found dead Kawahara Daisaku the chief of the local police station asks Suguro to help with the investigation of Mrs Hondos death