The Devil's Flute Murders (eBook)

Seishi Yokomizo (Autor)

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2023
352 Seiten
Pushkin Vertigo (Verlag)
978-1-78227-885-6 (ISBN)

Infos

An ingenious and highly atmospheric classic whodunit from Japan's master of crime.
Amid the rubble of post-war Tokyo, inside the grand Tsubaki house, a once-noble family is in mourning.
The old viscount Tsubaki, a brooding, troubled composer, has been found dead.
When the family gather for a divination to conjure the spirit of their departed patriarch, death visits the house once more, and the brilliant Kosuke Kindaichi is called in to investigate.
But before he can get to the truth Kindaichi must uncover the Tsubakis' most disturbing secrets, while the gruesome murders continue...
PRAISE FOR SEISHI YOKOMIZO
'The diabolically twisted plotted is top-notch' New York Times
Readers will delight in the blind turns, red herrings and dubious alibis... Ingenious and compelling' Economist
'Plenty of golden age ingredients... with a truly ingenious solution' Guardian, Best New Crime Novels

Autor

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, The Inugami Curse, The Village of Eight Graves and Death on Gokumon Island are also available from Pushkin Vertigo.Jim RIon is an American translator and writer living in the beautiful western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi with his wife, son, and cats of unusual size.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.6.2023
• Übersetzer: Jim Rion
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 1930s Japanese crime novel • 1930s Japan fiction • amateur detective fiction • amateur detective Kosuke Kindaichi • amateur sleuth fiction • amateur sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi • brilliant detective • classic crime fiction • classic japanese crime • clever crime • cursed family • detective Kosuke Kindaichi series • fiction in translation • Golden Age • Golden Age Crime • Historical crime fiction • historical crime novel Japan • historical detective fiction Japan • historical detective novel • historical mystery fiction • honkaku • impossible murder • Japanese crime thriller • Japanese culture mystery novel • Japanese detective Kosuke Kindaichi • Japanese detective novel • Japanese fiction in translation • Japanese historical crime novel • Japanese historical detective fiction • japanese literature • Japanese village murder mystery • kindaichi kosuke • Kosuke Kindaichi detective series • Kosuke Kindaichi mystery series • Kosuke Kindaichi series novel • locked room murder • locked room murder mystery • murder investigation novel • Murder Mystery • murder mystery novel • murder mystery with samurai sword • puzzle mystery • scruffy detective • shin-honkaku mystery • village murder mystery • Writers like Agatha christie
• ISBN-10: 1-78227-885-0 / 1782278850
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78227-885-6 / 9781782278856