Honjin Murders

Seishi Yokomizo (1902-81) was one of Japan's most famous and beloved mystery writers, best known for creating the legendary detective Kosuke Kindaichi, who featured in more than 70 stories, many of which were adapted for stage and television in Japan. The Honjin Murders, the first Kosuke Kindaichi novel, is regarded as one of Japan's great mystery novels and won the inaugural Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1948. The Inugami Curse, The Village of Eight Graves, Death on Gokumon Island, The Devil's Flute Murders, The Little Sparrow Murders, Murder at the Black Cat Cafe and She Walks at Night are also available or forthcoming from Pushkin Vertigo.

• Character List 71 The Three-Fingered Man 92 The Descendants of the Honjin 183 The Sound of a Koto 284 A Great Tragedy 375 A New Use for a Koto Pick 486 A Sickle and a Koto Bridge 587 A Strategy Meeting 678 Kosuke Kindaichi 809 The Cat’s Grave 9010 A Conversation about Detective Novels 10011 Two Letters 11112 The Grave Is Opened 12113 Inspector Isokawa is Shaken 13214 Kosuke’s Experiment 14315 The Tragedy of the Honjin 15216 The Rehearsal 16017 The Accidental Locked Room 16818 Red Spider Lilies 182

Plenty of golden age ingredients... with a truly ingenious solution