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The village of eight graves / Seishi Yokomizo ; translated from the Japanese by Bryan Karetnyk.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: [Detective Kosuke Kindaichi]Publisher: London : Pushkin Vertigo, 2021Description: 349 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1782277455
  • 9781782277453
Uniform titles:
  • Yatsuhakamura. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend: in the Sixteenth Century eight samurai's, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a terrible curse down upon their village. Centuries later a mysterious young man named Tatsuya arrives in town, bringing a spate of deadly poisonings in his wake. The inimitably scruffy and brilliant Kosuke Kindaichi investigates.
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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 3 Available 33111010765853
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The third title in Japan's most popular murder mystery series -- after The Honjin Murders and The Inugami Curse -- fiendish classics featuring investigator Kosuke Kindaichi.

Translated into English for the first time.

Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend: in the Sixteenth Century eight samurais, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a terrible curse down upon their village.

Centuries later a mysterious young man named Tatsuya arrives in town, bringing a spate of deadly poisonings in his wake. The inimitably scruffy and brilliant Kosuke Kindaichi investigates.

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

First published in Japan as Yatsuhakamura in 1971 by Kadokawa Corporation, Tokyo.

Series information from Goodreads.com.

In English. Translated from the Japanese.

Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend: in the Sixteenth Century eight samurai's, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a terrible curse down upon their village. Centuries later a mysterious young man named Tatsuya arrives in town, bringing a spate of deadly poisonings in his wake. The inimitably scruffy and brilliant Kosuke Kindaichi investigates.

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