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The Decagon House Murders
Series: The Bizarre House Mysteries
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A classic Japanese murder mystery inspired by the golden age of British crimewriting.
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The members of a university mystery club decide to visit an island, which was the site of a grisly, unsolved multiple murder the year before. They're looking forward to investigating the crime, putting their passion for solving mysteries to practical use. However, before long, there is a fresh murder, and soon the club members realise they are being picked off one-by-one.
The remaining amateur sleuths will have to use all of their murder-mystery expertise to find the killer before they end up dead too.
The Decagon House Murders is a playful, loving, and fiendishly plotted homage to the best of golden age crime. It will delight any mystery fan looking to put their little grey cells to use.
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The Decagon House Murders is acclaimed as a brilliant homage to classic mystery novels, praised for its clever misdirection and rich atmospheric puzzles reminiscent of Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr. It skilfully combines elements such as locked rooms and intricate jigsaws, keeping readers captivated with its thrilling plot and logical, jaw-dropping reveal. Critics appreciate its self-referential play with the genre and the way it challenges readers to solve the mystery alongside its characters.
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ISBN: 9781782276340
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 December 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pushkin Vertigo
Contributors:
- Translated by Ho-Ling Wong
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Yukito Ayatsuji (born 1960) is a Japanese writer of mystery and horror novels. He is one of the founders of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan, dedicated to the writing of fair play mysteries inspired by the Golden Age greats. In 1992 he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for his novel The Clock Mansion Murders. The Decagon House Murders was Ayatsuji's debut novel and is the first of his works to be translated into English.
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