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 Inugami Curse is one of Kindaichi's most famous mysteries and has twice been adapted for film in Japan.
At once familiar and tantalisingly strange... It's an absolute
pleasure to see his work translated at last in these beautifully
produced English editions
*Sunday Times*
With a reputation in Japan to rival Agatha Christie's, the master
of ingenious plotting is finally on the case for anglophone
readers
*Guardian*
This is Golden Age crime at its best, complete with red herrings,
blind alleys and twists and turns galore... A testament to the
power of the simple murder mystery and its enduring appeal
*Spectator*
The Japanese Agatha Christie
*Sara Cox, on BBC2's Between the Covers*
The diabolically twisted plotting is top-notch
*New York Times*
Atmospheric, exciting and knotty whodunits. The covers alone are
enough to get any fan of the genre salivating
*Japan Times*
Another legendary Yokomizo book... A campy and delightful detective
novel
*Books and Bao*
Has a touch of Agatha Christie but with so much added spice. There
are plenty of twists, red herrings, and suspects in this monkey
puzzle of a story. Japan has a wonderful history of crime writing,
and Yokomizo is one of their finest authors
*NB Magazine*
A gory tale of family greed, honour, revenge and loyalty with
plenty of red herrings. Full of action and with a detective like no
other
*Live and Deadly*
You cannot go wrong with this delicious Japanese whodunnit set in
the 1940s... There are a handful of suspects, an unusual will,
too-many-heirs, masked men, doppelgängers and treacherous family
secrets
*Vogue India*
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