Tokyo Express
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An irresistible Hitchcockian gem: a fiendishly-plotted crime novel told in crisp, elegant prose' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train 'Matsumoto was Japan's Agatha Christie' Laura Hackett, ...
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An irresistible Hitchcockian gem: a fiendishly-plotted crime novel told in crisp, elegant prose' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train 'Matsumoto was Japan's Agatha Christie' Laura Hackett, The Sunday Times'It was a puzzle with no solution. But he did not lose heart.'In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Stood in the coast's wind and cold, the police see nothing to investigate: the flush of the couple's cheeks speaks clearly of cyanide, of a lovers' suicide. But in the eyes of two men, Torigai Jutaro, a senior detective, and Kiichi Mihara, a young gun from Tokyo, something is not quite right. Together, they begin to pick at the knot of a unique and calculated crime... Now widely available in English for the first time, Tokyo Express is celebrated around the world as Seicho Matsumoto's masterpiece - and as one of the most fiendish puzzles ever written. ''An irresistible Hitchcockian gem: a fiendishly-plotted crime novel told in crisp, elegant prose'' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train ''Matsumoto was Japan''s Agatha Christie'' Laura Hackett, The Sunday Times''It was a puzzle with no solution. But he did not lose heart.''In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Stood in the coast''s wind and cold, the police see nothing to investigate: the flush of the couple''s cheeks speaks clearly of cyanide, of a lovers'' suicide. But in the eyes of two men, Torigai Jutaro, a senior detective, and Kiichi Mihara, a young gun from Tokyo, something is not quite right. Together, they begin to pick at the knot of a unique and calculated crime...Now widely available in English for the first time, Tokyo Express is celebrated around the world as Seicho Matsumoto''s masterpiece - and as one of the most fiendish puzzles ever written.
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Classics
ISBN
9780241439081
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
160
Udgivelsesdato
30-03-2023
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3097901
EAN nr.
9780241439081
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
8
Bredde (mm)
198
Længde (mm)
128
Vægt (g)
124