Description
From a master crime writer, this chilling story brings Japanese tradition and Western crime together and is available in English for the first time. Musashino, 1959. A young Japanese flight attendant is found strangled on the icy banks of the river. The police suspect foul play, but the deeper they dig, the more they collide with a wall of silence. At the centre of it all stands a foreign priest and the Guglielmo Church, a charitable Christian mission. The dead woman’s connection to the church is undeniable, but what begins as a routine investigation quickly turns far more treacherous, entangling narcotics, post-war relief schemes and the delicate web of international diplomacy. As the story moves from back alleys to diplomatic sanctuaries, following the twists and turns of Detective Fujisawa’s investigation, Seicho Matsumoto masterfully constructs a slow-burning procedural in which the truth is clear but justice is not permitted. Translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood.
Information
Language: English
Publication date: May 7, 2026
Manufacturer: The Book Service Ltd (Penguin)
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Fiction in english
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 451
ISBN/EAN: 9780241688748