Death on Gokumon Island - Seishi Yokomizo

Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Louise Heal Kawai / ISBN 9781782277415 / 317-page paperback from Pushkin Vertigo *** A fiendish, classic locked room murder mystery, from one of Japan's greatest crime writers “An exceptional whodunit... The brilliant and intricate plot will keep readers turning the pages.” --Publishers Weekly, starred review “Seishi Yokomizo took a pinch of John Dickson Carr and a dash of Agatha Christie in creating Kosuke Kindaichi, solver of impossible crimes... Kosuke’s arrival [on Gokumon Island] coincides with a string of bizarre and gruesome murders. As deaths mount, the quirky, endearing detective strings together the clues to solve this fiendish puzzle.” -- Sarah Weinman, New York Times Detective Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news—his friend and fellow soldier, the son of one of the island's most important families has died, on a troop transport ship bringing him back home after the Second World W