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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: Detective Kosuke KindaichiPublisher: London : Pushkin Vertigo, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 189 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781782275008
  • 1782275002
Uniform titles:
  • Honjin satsujin jiken. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
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.
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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Mystery YOKOMIZO SEISHI KK 1 Available 33111010873855
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, 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?

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

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

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In English. 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.

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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