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Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada (2015, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSteerforth Press
ISBN-101782271384
ISBN-139781782271383
eBay Product ID (ePID)208700866
Product Key Features
Original LanguageJapanese
Book TitleTokyo Zodiac Murders
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicOccult & Supernatural, Crime, Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorSoji Shimada
Book SeriesPushkin Vertigo Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight10 oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-506926
Reviews'The great Soji Shimada virtually invented the "logic problem" sub-genre ' - Guardian Top 10 Locked Room Mysteries (No. 2) 'Intricately constructed and entertainingly exotic' - The Japan Times
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number4
Dewey Decimal895.636
SynopsisA bestselling and internationally-acclaimed masterpiece of the locked-room mystery genre Japan, 1936. An old eccentric artist living living with seven women has been found dead- in a room locked from the inside. His diaries reveal alchemy, astrology and a complicated plan to kill all seven women. Shortly afterwards, the plan is carried out: the women are found dismembered and buried across rural Japan. By 1979, these Tokyo Zodiac Murders have been obsessing a nation for decades, but not one of them has been solved. A mystery-obsessed illustrator and a talented astrologer set off around the country - and you follow, carrying the enigma of the Zodiac murderer through madness, missed leads and magic tricks. You have all the clues, but can you solve the mystery before they do?, Astrologer, fortuneteller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must in one week solve a macabre murder mystery that has baffled Japan for 40 years. Who murdered the artist Umezawa, raped and killed his daughter, and then chopped up the bodies of six others to create Azoth, the supreme woman? With maps, charts, and other illustrations, this story of magic and illusion, pieced together like a great stage tragedy, challenges the reader to unravel the mystery before the final curtain., One of The Guardian 's "Top 10 Locked Room Mysteries" An amateur detective races to solve a decades-old murder mystery in this "bloody and bizarre" Japanese crime novel with a twist hailed as "one of the most original" ( Daily Mail ). Astrologer, fortune teller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must solve a macabre murder mystery that has baffled Japan for 40 years--in just one week. With the help of his freelance illustrator friend, Kiyoshi sets out to answer the questions that have haunted the country ever since: Who murdered the artist Umezawa, raped and killed his daughter, and then chopped up the bodies of six others to create Azoth, 'the perfect woman'? With maps, charts, and other illustrations, this story of magic and illusion--pieced together like a great stage tragedy--challenges the reader to unravel the mystery before the final curtain falls. This quintessential Japanese "logic mystery"--eerie, gory, and intriguing--combines the puzzle-solving of Golden Age Western detective fiction with elements of shocking horror and dark humor.
LC Classification NumberPL861
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- Feb 19, 2019
Great Puzzler for those who enjoy "locked-room" mysteries!!!
Brilliant 'locked-room" mystery -- "ala" the Golden Age of Crime Fiction. Shades of John Dickson Carr and Ellery Queen. Maybe without the flavor of the 1930s or 1940s but probably one of the most ingenious "puzzles" I have ever read. It may be a little off-putting, since there is little atmosphere, but the mystery is so compelling and the solution so marvelous and original -- I rate this next to Carr's "Three Coffins" and "Crooked Hinge" as one of the greatest puzzlers in all of detective fiction....Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
