The Aosawa Murders

Selected by NYT as one of MOST NOTABLE BOOKS of 2020. On a stormy summer day the...
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Author: Riku Onda
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The Aosawa Murders by Onda, Riku

The Aosawa Murders

€21,19

The Aosawa Murders

€21,19
Author: Riku Onda
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Selected by NYT as one of MOST NOTABLE BOOKS of 2020.


On a stormy summer day the Aosawas, owners of a prominent local hospital, host a large birthday party. The occasion turns into tragedy when 17 people die from cyanide in their drinks. The only surviving links to what might have happened are a cryptic verse that could be the killer's, and the physician's bewitching blind daughter, Hisako, the only person spared injury.


But the youth who emerges as the prime suspect commits suicide that October, effectively sealing his guilt while consigning his motives to mystery. The police are convinced that Hisako had a role in the crime, as are many in the town, including the author of a bestselling book about the murders written a decade after the incident, who was herself a childhood friend of Hisako' and witness to the discovery of the murders. The truth is revealed through a skilful juggling of testimony by different voices: family members, witnesses and neighbours, police investigators and of course the mesmerizing Hisako herself.



Author: Riku Onda
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: 02/18/2020
Pages: 346
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781912242245


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2019 pg. 117
Publishers Weekly 12/23/2019
Library Journal 01/17/2020 pg. 1
Shelf Awareness 02/21/2020
Foreword 02/26/2020

About the Author
Onda, Riku: - Riku Onda, born in 1964, is the professional name of Nanae Kumagai. She has been writing fiction since 1991 and has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television.Watts, Alison: - Alison Watts is an Australian-born Japanese to English translator and long time resident of Japan. She has published a translation of Aya Goda's TAO: On the Road and On the Run In Outlaw China and of Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa, released in October 2017.

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