The Samurai Detectives: Volume 2 - The Killer on the Streets

About the author

Shotaro Ikenami (1923 – 1990) was a bestselling Japanese author famed for his multi-million copy selling series of historical fiction novels. Over his lifetime, he won the Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Award and Naoki Award for popular literature. Over a dozen of his works were adapted for film and television, and his work remains exceptionally popular in Japan.

Product details

• Authors: Shotaro Ikenami, Ikenami Shotaro
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 19.03.2026
• EAN: 9781405975780
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-7578-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: The Samurai Detectives
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Japan, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, Historical fiction, Historical adventure, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Fiction in translation, Historical adventure fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, c 1600 to 1867 (Japanese Edo period), FICTION / World Literature / Japan, Classic fiction: general and literary