The Labyrinth House Murders
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The Labyrinth House Murders
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PRAISE FOR YUKITO AYATSUJI'S MYSTERIES
'Very clever indeed' Anthony Horowitz
'From the first page you know you're in the hands of a master... Flawless' Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants
'You will love this quasi-Christie locked-room mystery' The Times and Sunday Times Crime Club
_______THE TWISTY AND INGENIOUS THIRD INSTALLEMENT IN THE BIZARRE HOUSE MYSTERIES
The famed mystery writer Miyagaki Yōtarō lives a life of seclusion in the remote Labyrinth House. When Yōtarō invites four young crime authors to his home for a birthday party, they are honoured to accept. But no sooner have they arrived than they are confronted with a shocking death, then lured into a bizarre, deadly competition...
As the twisted contest gathers pace, murder follows murder. The ingenious sleuth Shimada Kiyoshi investigates, but can he solve the mystery of the house before all those trapped in its labyrinth are dead? And can you guess the solution before he does?
'From the first page you know youre in the hands of a master. The atmosphere, the setting, the characters... it is flawless.' - Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants
'If you enjoyed Yukito Ayatsujis ingenious The Decagon House Murders - and how could you not? - you will love this quasi-Christie locked-room mystery' - The Times and Sunday Times Crime Club
'A psychological-mystical thriller built on tropes from cozier crime fiction. Agatha Christie-type stopwatch sequences and John Dickson Carr-style locked-room conundrums coexist with Poe-like Gothic sequences full of severed limbs and charred flesh... No one can accuse Mr. Ayatsuji of not sustaining the eerie mood of his strange story until its very last sentence' - Wall Street Journal
'The denouement was fiendishly clever... An engaging, entertaining mystery with a puzzle fit for the most ardent of armchair detectives' - NB Magazine
'Very clever indeed' Anthony Horowitz
'From the first page you know you're in the hands of a master... Flawless' Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants
'You will love this quasi-Christie locked-room mystery' The Times and Sunday Times Crime Club
_______THE TWISTY AND INGENIOUS THIRD INSTALLEMENT IN THE BIZARRE HOUSE MYSTERIES
The famed mystery writer Miyagaki Yōtarō lives a life of seclusion in the remote Labyrinth House. When Yōtarō invites four young crime authors to his home for a birthday party, they are honoured to accept. But no sooner have they arrived than they are confronted with a shocking death, then lured into a bizarre, deadly competition...
As the twisted contest gathers pace, murder follows murder. The ingenious sleuth Shimada Kiyoshi investigates, but can he solve the mystery of the house before all those trapped in its labyrinth are dead? And can you guess the solution before he does?
Details
ISBN13: 9781805335276
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 272
Edition:
Publication Date: 07 Jan 2025
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Publication City, Country: United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 198(H)x129(L)
Weight (gm):
Author Biography
Yukito Ayatsuji (born 1960) is a Japanese writer of mystery and horror novels and one of the founding members of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan, dedicated to the writing of fair-play mysteries inspired by the Golden Age Greats. He started writing as a member of the Kyoto University Mystery Club, which has nurtured many of Japan's greatest crime writers. The Decagon House Murders and The Mill House Murders are also available from Pushkin Vertigo.Reviews
Praise for Yukito Ayatsujis mysteries:'From the first page you know youre in the hands of a master. The atmosphere, the setting, the characters... it is flawless.' - Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants
'If you enjoyed Yukito Ayatsujis ingenious The Decagon House Murders - and how could you not? - you will love this quasi-Christie locked-room mystery' - The Times and Sunday Times Crime Club
'A psychological-mystical thriller built on tropes from cozier crime fiction. Agatha Christie-type stopwatch sequences and John Dickson Carr-style locked-room conundrums coexist with Poe-like Gothic sequences full of severed limbs and charred flesh... No one can accuse Mr. Ayatsuji of not sustaining the eerie mood of his strange story until its very last sentence' - Wall Street Journal
'The denouement was fiendishly clever... An engaging, entertaining mystery with a puzzle fit for the most ardent of armchair detectives' - NB Magazine