The Decagon House Murders (The Bizarre House Mysteries)

"Ayatsuji's brilliant and richly atmospheric puzzle will appeal to fans of golden age whodunits. Every word counts, leading up to a jaw-dropping but logical reveal" -- Publishers Weekly A hugely enjoyable, page-turning murder mystery sure to appeal to fans of E lly Griffiths, Anthony Horowitz, and Agatha Christie, with one of the best and most-satisfying conclusions you'll ever read. A classic in Japan, avail able in English for the first time. From The New York Times Book Review: "Read Yukito Ayatsuji's landmark mystery, The Decagon House Murders, and di scover a real depth of feeling beneath the fiendish foul play. Taking its cues from Agatha Christie's locked-room classic And Then There W ere None, the setup is this: The members of a university detective-fiction club, each nicknamed for a favorite crime writer (Poe, Carr, Orczy, Van Que en, Leroux and -- yes -- Christie), spend a week on remote Tsunojima Island , attracted to the place, and its eerie 10-sided house, because of a spate of murders that transpired the year before. That collective curiosity will, of course, be their undoing. As the students approach Tsunojima in a hired fishing boat, 'the sunlight s hining down turned the rippling waves to silver. The island lay ahead of th em, wrapped in a misty veil of dust,' its sheer, dark cliffs rising straigh t out of the sea, accessible by one small inlet. There is no electricity on the island, and no telephones, either. A fresh round of violent deaths begins, and Ayatsuji's skillful, furious pacing propels the narrative. As the students are picked off one by one, he weaves in the story of the mainland investigation o.

Product Info

ISBN: 1782276343

ISBN-13: 9781782276340

Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo

Year: 2021

Type: New

Binding: Softcover

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