This detective novel won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, but I found it underwhelming and not satisfactory.
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This detective novel won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, but I found it underwhelming and not satisfactory.
Read MoreThis is a collection of five short stories by Seicho Matsumoto. They were easy to read and entertaining, I highly recommend this book for mystery lovers.
Read MoreThis is a collection of 5 short stories. The first one won the Mystery Writer of Japan Award
Read MoreThis is the only detective novel written by Ango Sakaguchi: a complex whodunnit where the reader has all the elements in hand to find the solution.
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Read MoreFirst winner of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1948), this novel is a classic locked-room mystery and the first case of young detective Kosuke Kindaichi.
Read MoreTo me, this book is by far the weakest of the series and I felt much disappointed when reading it. I still like the series overall and recommend to try the first novel!
Read MoreThis book contains two of the most famous novels by Edogawa Rampo: the Black Lizard and the Boy Detectives Club. I enjoyed both, but I found the Boy Detectives Club to be more engrossing and exciting, even though it is written for children.
Read MoreThis is the third book of the Ikagawa series, and it’s very good if you like mystery novels with a lighter tone and a lot of humour that still delivers an engrossing detective case .
Read MoreI really recommend this book if you are looking for mystery short stories and want to discover new authors!
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