Japanese Murder Mysteries
Japan has a rich tradition of murder mysteries in the classical style of the members of the Detection Club.
Many traditional mystery tropes are in evidence: the closed circle of suspects in isolated locations from country houses to uninhabited islands, locked rooms, puzzles, red herrings, and "whodunnit" is the question the reader is invited to untangle.
Many Japanese murder mystery classics are being translated into English.
By Seicho Matsumoto
Published on
Penguin Classics, 112 pages.
This biting psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Tokyo Express, now available in English for the first time.
By Taku Ashibe
Published on
Pushkin Vertigo, 384 pages.
Osaka, 1943: as the Second World War rages and American bombers rain death down upon the city, the once prosperous Omari family is already in decline, financially ruined by the terrible conflict. Then the household is struck by a series of gruesome murders. Can anyone solve the mystery of these baffling slayings before the Omari line is extinguished entirely?
By Uketsu
Published on
Pushkin Vertigo, 240 pages.
A bestseller in Japan, Uketsu's Strange Pictures revolves around a series of creepy drawings, in which the reader is the detective.
By Yukito Ayatsuji
Published on
Pushkin Vertigo, 272 pages.
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...
New and forthcoming titles - the latest in Japanese crime fiction
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Japan's rich tradition of murder mysteries is captured well in this selection.
Seicho Matsumoto - 1950s and 1960s
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Yukito Ayatsuji - classic-style mysteries
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Kotaro Isaka - beware the assassins
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Seishi Yokomizo
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