Yokomizo at his absolute best… From the ominous opening through the brilliant final reveal, [he] ably blends suspense and fair-play detection… A classic of the genre. Publishers Weekly, starred review

An ingenious classic locked-room murder mystery about the feuding family of a composer thats perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, and Anthony Horowitz

This standalone novel features the scruffy sleuth Kosuke Kindaichithe most famous Japanese detectivecreated by one of Japan’s greatest crime writers: Seishi Yokomizo, the Japanese Agatha Christie

Locked room mysteries are hot again, and this classic from the golden age of crime presents a mind-bending Japanese mystery from the great Seishi Yokomizo, whose fictional detective Kosuke Kindaichi is a pop culture phenomenon akin to Sherlock Holmes.

This time the beloved scruffy sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi investigates a series of gruesome murders within the feuding family of a brooding, troubled composer, whose most famous work chills the blood of all who hear it.

Readers will be totally engrossed by one of Yokomizos most clever guessing games, in which everyone has something to hide