The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

Zusatztext 'The great Soji Shimada virtually invented the "logic problem" sub-genre ' -  Guardian Top 10 Locked Room Mysteries (No. 2) 'Intricately constructed and entertainingly exotic' -  The Japan Times Informationen zum Autor Born in 1948 in Hiroshima prefecture, Soji Shimada has been dubbed the 'God of Mystery' by international audiences. A novelist, essayist and short-story writer, he made his literary debut in 1981 with The Tokyo Zodiac Murders , which was shortlisted for the Edogawa Rampo Prize. Blending classical detective fiction with grisly violence and elements of the occult, he has gone on to publish several highly acclaimed series of mystery fiction, including the casebooks of Kiyoshi Mitarai and Takeshi Yoshiki. In 2009 Shimada received the prestigious Japan Mystery Literature Award in recognition of his life's work. Klappentext A gripping tale of magic and illusion by Japan's master mystery storyteller.A bestselling and internationally-acclaimed masterpiece of the locked-room mystery genre Zusammenfassung A bestselling and internationally-acclaimed masterpiece of the locked-room mystery genre

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'The great Soji Shimada virtually invented the "logic problem" sub-genre ' - Guardian Top 10 Locked Room Mysteries (No. 2)

'Intricately constructed and entertainingly exotic' - The Japan Times

Product details

• Authors: Ross Mackenzie, Shika Mackenzie, Soji Shimada, Soji/ MacKenzie Shimada
• Assisted by: Ross Mackenzie (Translation), Shika Mackenzie (Translation)
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781782271383
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-138-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Pushkin Vertigo; Pushkin Vertigo
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Fiction > Suspense