Osaka, 1943: as the Second World War rages and American bombers rain death down upon the city, the once prosperous Omari family is already in decline, financially ruined by the terrible conflict. Then the household is struck by a series of gruesome murders.

Can anyone solve the mystery of these baffling slayings before the Omari line is extinguished entirely? To do so, and unravel the killer's fiendish plot, they will have to delve into the family's past, where a dark and deadly secret has been festering for decades...

Details

ISBN13: 9781805335214
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 384
Edition:
Publication Date: 02 Sep 2025
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Publication City, Country: United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)
Weight (gm):

Author Biography

Born in 1958 in Osaka, Taku Ashibe graduated from the faculty of law at Dōshisha University, after which he began a career in journalism, holding various posts at the Yomiuri Shimbun's Osaka office. In 1986 he received an honourable mention at the 2nd Fantasy Literature Newcomers Award, and in 1990 he won the inaugural Ayukawa Prize for his debut novel A Thirteen-Hand Murder-Comedy. He became a full-time writer in 1994. A member of Japan's Honkaku Mystery Writers' Club, he is the author of over two dozen novels and many short-story collections.

Reviews

'Impressive... Enthralling... From the tenements of London's Jewish East End, to the lush costumes of the slowly declining Ottoman Empire, Goldin brings a long-lost era to life in vivid, evocative detail', Financial Times


'An inventive story rich in detail that ducks and dives just like its hero. Un-putdownable', Sun, 5*