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By Seishi Yokomizo, Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

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This locked-room mystery from the father of Japanese classic crime is finally available in English for the first time. The author of Murder at the Black Cat Café delivers another puzzle of a story in The Honjin Murders.

A gorgeous deluxe paperback of Japan's greatest murder mystery, from the father of Japanese classic crime and author of Murder at the Black Cat Café.

“The premise alone is dazzling [and] the solution to this mystery came as a complete surprise.” — The New York Times

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 ...