Tokyopop, Los Angeles, CA, 2003, 1st pr thus.  ISBN 1591823560.  Trade soft cover, 225+ pages.  Unread copy, not remaindered, with just a touch of cover wear.  Rated T for Teen Age 13+.  ‘Kajime Kindaichi, the brilliant but underachieving high school junior, is spending his winter break interning for “Shock TV”, a hidden-camera reality show.  It sounds like fun:  putting an unsuspecting actress in a situation that mirrors the well-known local myth, “The Legend of the Snow Demon,” and filming her as she gets the life scared out of her.  But when the actress is found dead, could it be the work of the real Snow Demon?  Maybe it’s not just a myth.  Now members of the TV crew are turning up dead as well.  Kindaichi better get to the root of this mystery fast, or he could wind up the next victim!’ (from rear wrap)