Murder in the Crooked House

AvSoji Shimada

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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'A tour de force' Sunday Times

'Will thrill fans of Golden Age puzzle mysteries' Publishers Weekly

The Crooked House sits on a snowbound cliff at the remote northern tip of Japan, a maze of sloping floors and strange staircases, full of bloodcurdling masks and uncanny dolls. When a guest is found murdered in seemingly impossible circumstances, the police are unable to solve the puzzle, and more bizarre deaths follow.

Enter Kiyoshi Mitarai, the renowned sleuth. Surely if anyone can crack these cryptic murders it is him. But you have all the clues too - can you solve the mystery of the murders in the Crooked House before he does?

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-03-26
Mått:187 x 25 x 126 mm
Vikt:255 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Pushkin Vertigo
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Pushkin Press
ISBN:9781805335788
Översättare:Louise Heal Kawai

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Born in 1948 in Hiroshima prefecture, Soji Shimada has been dubbed the 'God of Mystery' by international audiences. A novelist, essayist and short-story writer, he made his literary debut in 1981 with The Tokyo Zodiac Murders, which was shortlisted for the Edogawa Rampo Prize. Blending classical detective fiction with grisly violence and elements of the occult, he has gone on to publish several highly acclaimed series of mystery fiction. He is the author of 100+ works in total. In 2009 Shimada received the prestigious Japan Mystery Literature Award in recognition of his life's work.

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A tour de force... breathes new life into the locked room mystery

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Dramatis Personae 7Prologue 9Act OneScene 1 · The Entrance of the Ice Floe Mansion 23Scene 2 · The Salon of the Ice Floe Mansion 29Scene 3 · The Tower 45Scene 4 · Room 1 53Scene 5 · The Salon 59Scene 6 · The Library 90Act TwoScene 1 · The Salon 123Scene 2 · Room 14, Eikichi Kikuoka’s Bedroom 132Scene 3 · Room 9, Mr and Mrs Kanai’s Bedroom 138Scene 4 · Back in the Salon 147Scene 5 · Kozaburo’s Room in the Tower 153Scene 6 · The Salon 161Scene 7 · The Library 175Scene 8 · The Salon 205Scene 9 · The Tengu Room 209Scene 10 · The Salon 225Act ThreeScene 1 · The Salon 235Scene 2 · The Tengu Room 242Scene 3 · Room 15, The Detectives’ Bedroom 247Scene 4 · The Salon 249Scene 5 · The Library 260Scene 6 · The Salon 272Entr’acte 277Challenge to the Reader 285Final ActScene 1 · The Ground Floor Landing of the West Wing Staircase, or By the Door of Room 12 289Scene 2 · Room 14 297Scene 3 · The Tengu Room 302Scene 4 · The Salon 305Scene 5 · The Hill 343Epilogue 347