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In this way, the detective novels became the game for narrow-minded enthusiasts. From old days, I had dissatisfaction toward the detective story of the kind that common people could not be interested in. Accurately, I had this dissatisfaction for the writers who continue to write such a detective novel. I will not assert that a detective novel ...
Laura Joh Rowland (born 1953) is an American detective/mystery author best known for her series of historical mystery novels featuring protagonist Sano Ichirō (佐野 一郎) set in feudal Japan, mostly in Edo during the late 17th century.
The Samurai (novel) The Samurai's Garden; The Samurai's Tale; Sanshirō (novel) Sayonara (novel) The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi; The Setting Sun; Shike (novel) Shinjū (novel) Shiroi Kyotō; Shōgun (novel) Shylock's Children; The Sign of the Chrysanthemum; Silence (Endō novel) The Silent Cry; Silk (novel) Silk and Insight; Sisters ...
The Aosawa Murders is the first crime novel written by Riku Onda and was published in Japan in 2005. [1] Bitter Lemon Press later published an English translation in 2020. [2] The novel focuses on a 1973 mass poisoning case set in seaside city K—.
The Honjin Murders (本陣殺人事件, Honjin satsujin jiken) is a mystery novel by Seishi Yokomizo. It was serialized in the magazine Houseki from April to December 1946, and won the first Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1948. It was filmed as Death at an Old Mansion in 1975.
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders is the debut mystery novel of Soji Shimada, a Japanese musician and writer on astrology who is best known as the author of over 100 mystery novels. [2] Besides being Shimada's first novel and a best seller, it was nominated for the prestigious Edogawa Rampo Prize for mystery novels. [3]
The Snow Empress is a 2007 mystery novel written by Laura Joh Rowland, set in the Genroku (AD 1688–1704) of historical Japan It is the 12th book in the Sano Ichirō series.. It combines a murder mystery with a portrayal of the strained, and often xenophobic relations between the Japanese rulers and the aboriginal inhabitants of Hokkaido, the Ainu (then called the Ezo).
The Decagon House Murders (十角館の殺人, Jukkakukan no Satsujin) is a 1987 Japanese mystery novel, the debut work of author Yukito Ayatsuji.Borrowing its basic plot structure from Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (Christie's book is directly referenced by some of the characters at several points), it tells the story of a group of seven university students who travel to a ...