Seicho Matsumoto

• Jun-1986
• / Mystery
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• Jul-1989
• / Mystery
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• Nov-1994
• / Suspense
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The corpse of an unknown provincial is discovered under the rails of a train in a Tokyo station, and Detective Imanishi is assigned to the case....

• Jul-2012
• / Suspense
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When Kiriko Yanagida first came to Otsuka's law offices, she had only a familial conviction of her brother's innocence despite his confessing to the murder. To the high-profile (and high priced) lawyer Otsuka, this small-town girl's belief was nothin...

• Aug-2016
• / Thriller
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"A master crime writer . . . Seicho Matsumoto's thrillers dissect Japanese society." -- The New York Times Book Review"A stellar psychological thriller with a surprising and immensely satisfying resolution that flows naturally from the book’s compl...

• Jul-2022
• / General Fiction
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From “Japan's Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times): A secluded bay. An apparent lovers’ suicide. And a pair of detectives with a nagging suspicion that the pieces don’t add up. Can you solve one of the most astonishing literary puzzles ever wr...

• Apr-2024
• / Mystery
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A triumph by Seicho Matsumoto (1909-1992), the master of Japanese mystery writing. A beautifully written novel that takes on the taboo of Japanese prostitution catering to GIs during the American post-war occupation.Tokyo 1958, Teiko marries Kenichi ...

• Jun-2025
• / Mystery
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Onizuka Kumako is a fierce woman: tall, beautiful, and not afraid to speak her mind. In Tokyo bars, she seduces customers and commits petty crime, using her connections to the local yakuza to get by. When she meets Shirakawa Fukutaro, a rich widower ...