Murder at the Black Cat Caf? by Yokomizo, Seishi
Murder at the Black Cat Caf? by Yokomizo, Seishi

Murder at the Black Cat Caf?

FROM ONE OF JAPAN'S GREATEST CRIME WRITERS--THE AUTHOR OF THE HONJIN MURDERS Nothing at The Black Cat...
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Author: Seishi Yokomizo
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Language: English
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Murder at the Black Cat Caf? by Yokomizo, Seishi

Murder at the Black Cat Caf?

$46.46
Murder at the Black Cat Caf? by Yokomizo, Seishi

Murder at the Black Cat Caf?

$46.46
Author: Seishi Yokomizo
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
FROM ONE OF JAPAN'S GREATEST CRIME WRITERS--THE AUTHOR OF THE HONJIN MURDERS Nothing at The Black Cat Caf? 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 Caf? 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 caf?'s black cat seems alive and well, so where did the two corpses come from, and why were they buried in the caf?'s garden?

As the legendary scruffy sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi investigates, he realizes the caf?'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 Caf? 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'.

Author: Seishi Yokomizo
Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo
Published: 09/09/2025
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
ISBN: 9781805335511

About the Author
Seishi Yokomizo (1902-81) was one of Japan's most famous and best-loved mystery writers. 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, The Inugami Curse, The Village of Eight Graves, Death on Gokumon Island, The Devil's Flute Murders and The Little Sparrow Murders are also available from Pushkin Vertigo.

Bryan Karetnyk is a translator of Japanese and Russian literature. His recent translations for Pushkin Press include Seishi Yokomizo's The Village of Eight Graves, Futaro Yamada's The Meiji Guillotine Murders, Taku Ashibe's Murder in the House of Omari and Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Murder in the Age of Enlightenment.
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