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Book

The Honjin murders

Call Number

  • MYSTERY YOKO (CEN)

Languages

In English. Translated from the Japanese.

Publication Information

London : Pushkin Vertigo, 2019.

Physical Description

189 pages ; 20 cm

Summary

"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.

Notes

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

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

Series information from Goodreads.com.

Contents

  • The three-fingered man
  • The descendants of the Honjin
  • The sound of a koto
  • A great tragedy
  • A new use for a koto pick
  • A sickle and a koto bridge
  • A strategy meeting
  • Kosuke Kindaichi
  • The cat's grave
  • A conversation about detective novels
  • Two letters
  • The grave is opened
  • Inspector Isokawa is shaken
  • Kosuke's experiment
  • The tragedy of the Honjin
  • The rehearsal
  • The accidental locked room.

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