Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo

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Death on Gokumon Island

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Author: Seishi Yokomizo
ISBN: 9781782277422

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Published on Jun 28, 2022 | 320 Pages

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A fiendish, classic locked room murder mystery, from one of Japan’s greatest crime writers

Loosely inspired by Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, the brilliant Gokumon Island is perhaps the most highly regarded of all the great Seishi Yokomizo’s classic Japanese mysteries.

Detective Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news–the son of one of the island’s most important families has died, on a troop transport ship bringing him back home after the Second World War. But Kindaichi has not come merely as a messenger–with his last words, the dying man warned that his three step-sisters’ lives would now be in danger. The scruffy detective is determined to get to the bottom of this mysterious prophecy, and to protect the three women if he can.

As Kindaichi attempts to unravel the island’s secrets, a series of gruesome murders begins. He investigates, but soon finds himself in mortal danger from both the unknown killer and the clannish locals, who resent this outsider meddling in their affairs.

“Seishi Yokomizo took a pinch of John Dickson Carr and a dash of Agatha Christie in creating Kosuke Kindaichi, solver of impossible crimes… Kosuke’s arrival [on Gokumon Island] coincides with a string of bizarre and gruesome murders. As deaths mount, the quirky, endearing detective strings together the clues to solve this fiendish puzzle”
–Sarah Weinman, The New York Times

*One of the best mystery, thriller, and true crime books out in June* —Bookriot

“This fiendish mystery… will appeal to all lovers of the Golden Age of crime fiction”
—Pick of the Week, The Times and Sunday Times Crime Club

“A fascinating insight into Japanese culture and behaviour more than 70 years ago”
—Irish Independent

“An exceptional whodunit… The brilliant and intricate plot will keep readers turning the pages. Golden age fans will hope for more translations of this gifted author”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Seishi Yokomizo was the king of the locked-room mystery, and there’s nothing more cut off than an island.”
–CrimeReads.com

“A succession of grotesque murders has the endearingly dishevelled Kindaichi forever scratching his head… exposing family rivalries and ancient superstitions which defy outside interference. The truth, when it emerges, is as bizarre as it is chilling”
—Daily Mail

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Seishi Yokomizo

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 is the first Kosuke Kindaichi story, and regarded as one of Japan’s great mystery novels. It won the first Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1948 but has never been translated into English, until now.

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