Inspector Imanishi Investigates

Author: Seicho Matsumoto
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1569470197
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361

Book Description
In the wee hours of a 1960s Tokyo morning, a dead body is found under the rails of a train, and the victim's face is so badly damaged that police have a hard time figuring out the victim’s identity. Only two clues surface: an old man, overheard talking in a distinctive accent to a young man, and the word “kameda.” Inspector Imanishi leaves his beloved bonsai and his haiku and goes off to investigate—and runs up against a blank wall. Months pass in fruitless questioning, in following up leads, until the case is closed, unsolved. But Imanishi is dissatisfied, and a series of coincidences lead him back to the case. Why did a young woman scatter pieces of white paper out of the window of a train? Why did a bar girl leave for home right after Imanishi spoke to her? Why did an actor, on the verge of telling Imanishi something important, drop dead of a heart attack? What can a group of nouveau young artists possibly have to do with the murder of a quiet and “saintly” provincial old ex-policemen? Inspector Imanishi investigates.

Inspector Imanishi Investigates

Author: Seicho Matsumoto
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1569479267
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361

Inspector Imanishi Investigates

Author: Seichō Matsumoto
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328

Book Description
In a police procedural by Japan's foremost master of mystery, Inspector Imanishi Eitaro, a typically Japanese detective fond of gardening and haiku, must follow a killer's trail across the social strata of Japan. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

A Quiet Place

Author: Seicho Matsumoto
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908524638
Category : FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn't totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly-spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife - who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings - ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighbourhood?

Pro Bono

Author: Seicho Matsumoto
Publisher: Vertical Inc
ISBN: 1647292506
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237

Book Description
When Kiriko Yanagida first came to Otsuka's law offices, she had only a familial conviction of her brother's innocence despite his confessing to the murder. To the high-profile (and high priced) lawyer Otsuka, this small-town girl's belief was nothing more than naive hope, so he sent her away, advising her to find a local lawyer or something. Now, Kiriko plots to avenge her brother -- entirely pro bono.

The Voice and Other Stories

Author: Seichō Matsumoto
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Incorporated
ISBN: 9784770019493
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179

Book Description
Presents six detective stories from Japanese mystery writer, Seicho Matsumoto.he puzzle in these tales lies not so much in "who dunnit" but rather in howt was done.

Points and Lines

Author: 松本清張
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN: 9780870114564
Category : Detective and mystery stories, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"A senior official in a ministry trained with scandal. A dining car receipt. A name missing from a passenger list. And a young man and woman dead on a beach in an apparent suicide. Disconnected points, but not to a determined detective who keeps searching for the lines that link the living and the dead."--Page 4 Cover

Inspector Imanishi Investigates

Author: Seicho Matsumoto
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1802065393
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
'An absolute classic, and a whole new world to explore ... irresistible' Lee Child 'Beautiful and melancholic, Inspector Imanishi Investigates is not just an ingenious and elegant mystery, but a fascinating window into 1960s Japan' Paula Hawkins A thrilling crime classic, from the bestselling author of Tokyo Express Tokyo, 1960. As the first rays of morning light hit the rails at Kamata Station, a man’s body is found on the tracks. With only two leads – a distinctive accent and a single word, ‘kameda’ – senior inspector Imanishi Eitaro is called in to solve the puzzle. Setting aside his beloved bonsai and haikus, he must cross Japan in search of answers, from Osaka to Akita, accompanied by junior detective Yoshimura. At each new town, they encounter traces of the avant-garde Nouveau Group – young Tokyo artists who are bringing new ideas from the West. What to make of this modern collective? And how to stop another mysterious death occurring? Inspector Imanishi investigates... A fascinating glimpse into Japanese society at a time of great change, this is one of Seicho Matsumoto’s best-loved novels – a riveting mystery from the master of Japanese crime.

Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen

Author: Ellery Queen
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description

Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War

Author: Frank Gibney
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317459989
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 377

Book Description
This acclaimed work is an extraordinary collection of letters written by a wide cross-section of Japanese citizens to one of Japan's leading newspapers, expressing their personal reminiscences and opinions of the Pacific war. "SENSO" provides the general reader and the specialist with moving, disturbing, startling insights on a subject deliberately swept under the rug, both by Japan's citizenry and its government. It is an invaluable index of Japanese public opinion about the war.