The Tokyo Zodiac Murders
Soji Shimada author Ross MacKenzie translator Shika Mackenzie translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pushkin Press
Published:10th Oct '24
Should be back in stock very soon
'The solution is one of the most original that I've ever read' Anthony Horowitz
'This book is an unmissable triumph' Tom Mead, Publishers Weekly
'It's a budding Sherlock's dream' Crime Scene
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An eccentric artist is found brutally murdered in a room locked from the inside. His diaries reveal dabblings in alchemy and astrology, and a macabre plan to kill and dismember seven women in an occult ritual. Then, shortly after his death, the artist's bloody project is carried out, as if from beyond the grave...
Decades later, astrologer and amateur detective Kiyoshi Mitarai sets out to solve these notorious crimes. His investigation leads him across the country towards a dark, shocking truth. But can you unravel the mystery of the Tokyo Zodiac Murders before he does?
"A sprawling, multi-faceted epic... The solution to the mystery is deceptively simple, and yet I can honestly say I have never read one quite like it anywhere else. This book is an unmissable triumph."
--Publishers Weekly
"If you like your crime stories to be bloody and bizarre, then this one may be for you. The winner of several major awards... the solution is one of the most original that I've ever read."
--Daily Mail
"The great Soji Shimada virtually invented the "logic problem" sub-genre.:
--Guardian Top 10 Locked Room Mysteries (No. 2)
"Intricately constructed and entertainingly exotic."
--The Japan Times
ISBN: 9781805335153
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
320 pages