THE CLASSIC JAPANESE MYSTERY - from the author of The Honjin Murders

'The master of ingenious plotting' Guardian

Fear looms over the luxurious Furugami estate. The beautiful, young Yachiyo Furugami, plagued by episodes of sleepwalking, receives a series of cryptic letters culminating in an ominous warning: 'Walk not at night'.

Then a body is discovered, decapitated with a centuries-old samurai sword. The police are baffled, so the famous sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi is called upon to solve the mystery, but before he can do so, the killer strikes again. Can Kindaichi get to the truth before the Furugami family is destroyed by its own secrets?

"PRAISE FOR SEISHI YOKOMIZO" - --

"Plenty of golden age ingredients... with a truly ingenious solution" - Guardian, Best New Crime Fiction

"Kosuke Kindaichi is sort of a Japanese Columbo... [This is] a locked-room murder mystery involving a samurai sword, a three-fingered man, and a wealthy family who really didn't accept their son's new bride" - Book Riot

"Readers will delight in the blind turns, red herrings and dubious alibis... Ingenious and compelling" - Economist

"At once familiar and tantalisingly strange... It's an absolute pleasure to see his work translated at last in these beautifully produced English editions" - Sunday Times

"With a reputation in Japan to rival Agatha Christie's, the master of ingenious plotting is finally on the case for anglophone readers" - Guardian

"The premise alone is dazzling [and] the solution to this mystery came as a complete surprise - exactly what I asked for" - New York Times

"A classic murder mystery... Comparisons with Holmes are justified, both in the character of Kindaichi and Yokomizo's approach to storytelling - mixing clues, red herrings and fascinating social insight before drawing back the curtain to reveal the truth" - Japan Times

"Yokomizo masterfully builds suspense with intricate puzzles, red herrings, and unexpected twists, keeping readers guessing until the final reveal... A must-read for a dose of classic detective fiction" - GQ India