The Honjin Murders: the classic locked room mystery (Pushkin Vertigo): Seishi Yokomizo (Detective Kindaichi Mysteries) - Softcover

Seishi Yokomizo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782275002 ISBN 13: 9781782275008

Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo, 2019

Synopsis

Japan's greatest classic murder mystery, translated into English for the first time

In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But amid the gossip over the approaching festivities, there is also a worrying rumour - it seems a sinister masked man has been asking questions around the village.

Then, on the night of the wedding, the Ichiyanagi household are woken by a terrible scream, followed by the sound of eerie music. Death has come to Okamura, leaving no trace but a bloody samurai sword, thrust into the pristine snow outside the house.

Soon, amateur detective Kosuke Kindaichi is on the scene to investigate what will become a legendary murder case, but can this scruffy sleuth solve a seemingly impossible crime?

About this title

Review:

'The master of Japanese crime' -- Tuttolibri

'A rich family dynasty, an impending wedding, rumours of a sinister masked man, all in the dead of winter: What more could you ask for?' --Japan Times

About the Author:

Seishi Yokomizo (1902-81) was one of Japan's most famous and best-loved mystery writers. He was born in Kobe and spent his childhood reading detective stories, before beginning to write stories of his own, the first of which was published in 1921. He went on to become an extremely prolific and popular author, best known for his Kosuke Kindaichi series, which ran to 77 books, many of which were adapted for stage and television in Japan. The Honjin Murders is the first Kosuke Kindaichi story, and regarded as one of Japan's great mystery novels. It won the first Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1948 but has never been translated into English, until now.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1782275002
• ISBN 13: 9781782275008
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192