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Seishi Yokomizo

Seishi Yokomizo (1902-81) was one of Japan's most famous and best-loved mystery writers. He was born in Kobe and spent his childhood reading detective stories, before beginning to write stories of his own, the first of which was published in 1921. He went on to become an extremely prolific and popular author, best known for his Kosuke Kindaichi series, which ran to 77 books, many of which were adapted for stage and television in Japan. The Honjin Murders is the first Kosuke Kindaichi story, and regarded as one of Japan's great mystery novels. It won the first Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1948 but has never been translated into English, until now.
The Queen Bee Mystery
She Walks at Night
Murder at the Black Cat Café
The Little Sparrow Murders
The Devil’s Flute Murders
Death on Gokumon Island
The Village of Eight Graves
The Inugami Curse
The Honjin Murders

Books

The Queen Bee Mystery
She Walks at Night
Murder at the Black Cat Café
The Little Sparrow Murders
The Devil’s Flute Murders
Death on Gokumon Island
The Village of Eight Graves
The Inugami Curse
The Honjin Murders

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