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The Decagon House Murders

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The Decagon House Murders

In its starred review, Publisherâ€™s Weekly writes: â€œa brilliant and richly atmospheric puzzle which will appeal to lovers of Golden Age whodunitsâ€¦. As in the best fair-play mysteries, every word counts, leading up to a jaw-dropping but logical reveal.â€

Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly multiple murder the year before. Predictably, they get picked off one by one by an unseen murderer. Is there a madman on the loose? What connection is there to the earlier murders? The answer is a bombshell revelation which few readers will see coming.

The Decagon House Murders is a milestone in the history of detective fiction. Published in 1987, it is credited with launching the shinhonkaku movement which restored Golden Age style plotting and fair-play clues to the Japanese mystery scene, which had been dominated by the social school of mystery for several decades. It is also said to have influenced the development of the wildly popular anime movement.

This, the first English edition, contains a lengthy introduction by the maestro of Japanese mystery fiction, Soji Shimada.

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Country	USA
Author	Yukito Ayatsuji
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Locked Room International
Manufacturer	Locked Room International
NumberOfPages	268
PublicationDate	2015-06-20
Publisher	Locked Room International
ReleaseDate	2015-06-20
Studio	Locked Room International

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