On a blustering but bright afternoon last week, the artist Setsuko met me for tea at the Carlyle Hotel on the Upper East Side. Dressed in a serene pale green kimono, her black hair in an elegant ...

It was her first murder case. She tried to be herself in front of Setsuko and her husband, Yoshiyuki, who died in 2012 at age 84. The detective talked about her hometown, family and work ...

Setsuko’s parents were unhurt by the bomb, but her older sister Ayako and her baby died from their injuries. Setsuko later left Japan to marry a Canadian, James Thurlow, and began travelling the ...