Noh Mask Murder

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Can you solve the puzzle of the Noh Mask Murder?

Death and madness have haunted the Chizui family for years. Now a strange figure has been seen wandering their mansion at night, wearing a sinister Noh mask that is said to bear a centuries-old curse.

Budding crime writer and sleuth Akimitsu Takagi receives a desperate plea for help from the head of the family but arrives too late to find the man dead in a locked room, with the mask at his feet. Takagi begins to investigate, but it seems the curse of the mask is not finished with the Chizuis yet...

From one of Japan's most renowned mystery writers-who appears in the novel as a detective!-The Noh Mask Murder is an ingeniously constructed masterpiece with a breathtaking ending.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-04-04
Mått:129 x 198 x 13 mm
Vikt:172 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Pushkin Press
ISBN:9781782279655
Översättare:Jesse Kirkwood

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AKIMITSU TAKAGI was born in Japan in 1920 and went on to work as an aeronautical engineer until the end of the Second World War. He later decided to become a mystery writer on the recommendation of a fortune teller. He went on to become one of the country's most popular crime authors. The Noh Mask Murder won the prestigious Mystery Writers Club Award and is considered one of the great classic Japanese whodunits. Takagi's debut, The Tattoo Murder, is also available from Pushkin Vertigo.

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A classic murder mystery, set against the fascinating backdrop of a post-war Japan struggling to come to terms with a changing world. With a jaw-dropping final twist that completely pulled the rug out from under me, this book firmly cements Takagi's reputation as the Japanese Agatha Christie.