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The Labyrinth House Murders

Yukito Ayatsuji author Ho-Ling Wong translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pushkin Press

Published:10th Oct '24

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PRAISE FOR YUKITO AYATSUJI'S MYSTERIES

'Very clever indeed' Anthony Horowitz

'From the first page you know you're in the hands of a master... Flawless' Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants

'You will love this quasi-Christie locked-room mystery' The Times and Sunday Times Crime Club

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THE TWISTY AND INGENIOUS THIRD INSTALLEMENT IN THE BIZARRE HOUSE MYSTERIES

The famed mystery writer Miyagaki Yotaro lives a life of seclusion in the remote Labyrinth House. When Yotaro invites four young crime authors to his home for a birthday party, they are honoured to accept. But no sooner have they arrived than they are confronted with a shocking death, then lured into a bizarre, deadly competition...

As the twisted contest gathers pace, murder follows murder. The ingenious sleuth Shimada Kiyoshi investigates, but can he solve the mystery of the house before all those trapped in its labyrinth are dead? And can you guess the solution before he does?

Praise for Yukito Ayatsujis mysteries:

'From the first page you know youre in the hands of a master. The atmosphere, the setting, the characters... it is flawless.' - Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants

'If you enjoyed Yukito Ayatsujis ingenious The Decagon House Murders - and how could you not? - you will love this quasi-Christie locked-room mystery' - The Times and Sunday Times Crime Club

'A psychological-mystical thriller built on tropes from cozier crime fiction. Agatha Christie-type stopwatch sequences and John Dickson Carr-style locked-room conundrums coexist with Poe-like Gothic sequences full of severed limbs and charred flesh... No one can accuse Mr. Ayatsuji of not sustaining the eerie mood of his strange story until its very last sentence' - Wall Street Journal

'The denouement was fiendishly clever... An engaging, entertaining mystery with a puzzle fit for the most ardent of armchair detectives' - NB Magazine

ISBN: 9781805335276

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

272 pages