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Murder at the Black Cat Cafe
Brief Description
Tokyo, 1947. The Pink Labyrinth is one of the bomb-scarred city's most shady neighbourhoods. There, in the dead of night, a patrolling policeman catches a young Buddhist monk digging in the backyard of The Black Cat Cafe, a notorious brothel. In the shallow grave at his...
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Murder at the Black Cat Cafe
Legendary detective Kosuke Kindaichi investigates a mysterious death at the Black Cat Café - from the father of Japanese crime and author of The Honjin Murders
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Description
Tokyo, 1947.
The Pink Labyrinth is one of the bomb-scarred city's most shady neighbourhoods. There, in the dead of night, a patrolling policeman catches a young Buddhist monk digging in the backyard of The Black Cat Cafe, a notorious brothel. In the shallow grave at his feet lie the dead body of a woman, her face disfigured beyond recognition, and the corpse of a black cat.
Who is the murdered woman, and how was she connected to the infamous establishment? And where did the dead cat come from, given that the cafe's feline mascot seems to be alive and well? The brilliant sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi investigates, but as he draws closer to the truth, he finds himself in grave danger...
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781805335511
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 August 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pushkin Vertigo
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Seishi Yokomizo (1902-81) was one of Japan's most famous and best-loved mystery writers. He was born in Kobe and spent his childhood reading detective stories, before beginning to write stories of his own, the first of which was published in 1921. He went on to become an extremely prolific and popular author, best known for his Kosuke Kindaichi series, which ran to 77 books, many of which were adapted for stage and television in Japan. The Honjin Murders, The Inugami Curse, The Village of Eight Graves, Death on Gokumon Island, The Devil's Flute Murders and The Little Sparrow Murders are also available from Pushkin Vertigo.
BRYAN KARETNYK is a translator of Japanese and Russian literature. His recent translations for Pushkin Press include Seishi Yokomizo's The Village of Eight Graves, Futaro Yamada's The Meiji Guillotine Murders, Taku Ashibe's Murder in the House of Omari and Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Murder in the Age of Enlightenment.
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