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Der neue Fall des beliebtesten japanischen Krimiautors. Privatdetektiv Kosuke Kindaichi wird von einem der Anwälte eines kürzlich verstorbenen schwerreichen Seidenfabrikanten in einen abgelegenen Teil Japans gerufen. Der Anwalt fürchtet, dass das Testament einen erbitterten Kampf zwischen den untereinander verfeindeten Erben auslösen wird. Und kaum ist der Letzte Wille verlesen, nimmt eine Mordserie ihren blutigen Anfang. Während immer mehr Leichen auftauchen, findet der Detektiv sich unversehens in der Geschichte der Familie Inugami wieder, die von Bitterkeit, Betrug und verbotenen Liebschaften geprägt ist. Kindaichi muss die Geheimnisse des Clans lüften, um den Mörder zu finden und den Fluch zu bannen. »Ein wunderbarer klassischer Rätselkrimi mit Raffinesse und einer Portion Nostalgie.« Frankfurter Rundschau über »Die rätselhaften Honjin-Morde« »Die diabolisch gewundene Handlung ist erstklassig.« The New York Times Book Review »Ein brillanter Whodunit.« Publishers Weekly

Der Meisterdetektiv unmöglicher Verbrechen ist zurück Japan in der Nachkriegszeit. Im abgelegenen Bergdorf Onikobe sorgen mysteriöse Todesfälle für Entsetzen: Die Opfer werden in grotesken Posen aufgefunden, als wären sie Teil eines makabren Spiels. Was hat es mit dem alten Kinderlied auf sich, zu dem die Spur Kosuke Kindaichi führt? Um dieses teuflische Rätsel zu lösen, muss der ebenso schrullige wie liebenswerte japanische Detektiv tief in die dunklen Geheimnisse des Ortes und seiner verfeindeten Familien vordringen. Wird es ihm gelingen, das tödliche Geheimnis zu entschlüsseln? »Wer Agatha Christie und Sherlock Holmes mag, wird Seishi Yokomizo lieben.« FAZ »Ein wunderbarer klassischer Rätselkrimi mit Raffinesse und einer Portion Nostalgie. ... Perfekt inszeniert und fesselnd« Frankfurter Rundschau über »Die rätselhaften Honjin-Morde«

»Yokomizo beweist, dass er in eine Reihe mit John Dickson Carr, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle und Agatha Christie gehört.« FAZ In dem versteckt in den Bergen von Okayama gelegenen Dorf der acht Gräber ist man abergläubisch, denn einer Legende nach soll ein schrecklicher Fluch über dem Ort liegen. Als nun ein Fremder namens Tatsuya auftaucht, werden die bösen Geister erneut geweckt, und ein Giftmörder sucht sich scheinbar willkürlich ein Opfer nach dem nächsten. Der unnachahmlich verschrobene und brillante Kosuke Kindaichi nimmt die Ermittlungen auf.

Renowned detective Kindaichi Kosuke, featured in 77 stories by Seishi Yokomizo, finds himself entangled in a series of murders in Kisui village, where a haunting ball game song circulates. This later work reflects Yokomizo's unique style, established since 1946, during a time of rapid change in post-war Japan, which influenced the mystery genre. By the time "The Demon’s Ball Game Song" was published, Yokomizo had become somewhat stagnant in his writing, ceasing activities after 1964, only to experience a resurgence a decade later with the film adaptation of "The Inugami Clan." This story serves as a poignant final challenge from a master, showcasing his skills at a pivotal moment in the evolving mystery landscape, aiming to create a national mystery that rivals Western classics. Set in 1955, during the 30th year of the Showa era, Kindaichi returns to Okayama Prefecture, reminiscing about past cases. He meets Inspector Isokawa at a tranquil hot spring in Kisui, where Isokawa recounts a 23-year-old incident that once unsettled the village. As preparations for a major festival unfold, the village chief mysteriously vanishes, and the famous actress Yukari Oozora's return heightens the tension. During the festival, her close friends become victims in a series of murders, each coinciding with the ominous ball game song.

An ingenious and highly atmospheric classic whodunit from Japan's master of crime.

A locked room murder mystery. 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 prophesy, 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

The 3rd stand-alone in Japan's most popular murder mystery series—after The Honjin Murders and The Inugami Curse—is another fiendish classic 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. Yokomizo is perhaps the most popular and feted crime writer in his country’s history. His richly atmospheric classic mysteries are a treat for any fan of Golden Age whodunits, taking the reader all over post-war Japan, from remote mountain villages to pirate-plagued islands and the bustling streets of Tokyo. Yokomizo loved to craft ingenious puzzle plots, inspired by the greats of British and American crime, such as John Dickson Carr or Agatha Christie, while his detective, Kosuke Kindaichi, is everything a reader could want from a sleuth: brilliant, eccentric, charming, and unassuming enough to be fatally underestimated by many a murderer. . .

FROM ONE OF JAPAN'S GREATEST CRIME WRITERS—THE AUTHOR OF THE HONJIN MURDERS: Nothing at The Black Cat Café is as it seems. . . In order to solve this sensational stand-alone murder mystery, scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi will have to untangle a complex web of love, jealousy, and betrayal In post-war Tokyo, still recovering from the devastating wartime bombing raids, a patrolling policeman passing The Black Cat Café makes a gruesome discovery: the body of a woman, lying in a hastily dug hole, with a dead black cat by her side. The woman’s face is disfigured beyond recognition, and the café’s black cat seems alive and well, so where did the two corpses come from, and why were they buried in the café’s garden? As the legendary scruffy sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi investigates, he realizes the café’s enigmatic madam, Oshima, has a past shrouded in secrecy, and what exactly is her relationship with the owner, Itoshima? Murder at the Black Cat Café is the latest instalment in the Kosuke Kindaichi mysteries—the classic series that made Seishi Yokomizo Japan’s greatest and best-loved crime writer of all time. This edition also includes a bonus story, ‘The Well Wheel Creaks’.

Dicovering the Inugami clan's secrets of forbidden passions, monstrous cruelty, and disguised identities, private investigator Kosuke Kindaichi unravels the complex web of human relationships and emotions that lie behind the murders.

"In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a daughter of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But amid the gossip over the approaching festivities, there is also a worrying rumour - it seems a sinister masked man has been asking questions about the Ichiyanagis around the village. Then, on the night of the wedding, the Ichiniyagi family are woken by a terrible scream, followed by the sound of eerie music - death has come to Okamura, leaving no trace but a bloody samurai sword, thrust into the pristine snow outside the house. The murder seems impossible, but amateur detective Kosuke Kindaichi is determined to get to the bottom of it."--Publisher description