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The Honjin murders / Seishi Yokomizo ; translated by Louise Heal Kawai.

by Yokomizo, Seishi, 1902-1981.

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Pushkin Vertigo, 2019.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Police -- Japan -- Fiction.

Nineteen thirties -- Fiction.

Japan -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Yokomizo, Seishi, 1902-1981. Kosuke Kindaichi

9781782275008 (trade pbk.)

Honjin satsujin jiken. English.

189 p. ; 20 cm.

"The award-winning classic murder mystery." -- Cover.

First published in Japan as Honjin satsujin jiken in 1973 by Kadokawa Corporation, Tokyo.

Translated from the Japanese.

"In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a daughter 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 about the Ichiyanagis around the village. Then, on the night of the wedding, the Ichiniyagi family 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. The murder seems impossible, but amateur detective Kosuke Kindaichi is determined to get to the bottom of it."--Publisher description.

Mystery fiction.

Historical fiction.

Japanese fiction -- Translations into English.

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