EAN: 9781782278870

THE LITTLE SPARROW MURDERS - SEISHI YOKOMIZO KA...

With a pinch of John Dickson Carr and a dash of Agatha Christie  solver of impossible crimes
Kosuke Kindaichi returns for another murder mystery (The New York Times) As several bodies are
discovered staged in bizarre poses echoing the lyrics of a children's song  the quirky 
endearing Japanese detective must string together the clues to solve this fiendish puzzle The
scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi returns to solve another satisfying stand-alone murder
mystery. An old friend of Kindaichi's invites the detective to visit the remote mountain
village of Onikobe  the site of a 20-year-old unsolved murder case. But no sooner has Kindaichi
in the village than a new series of murders strikes - several bodies are discovered staged in
bizarre poses  and it soon becomes clear that the victims are being killed using methods that
eerily echo the lyrics of an old local children's song... As the legendary sleuth investigates
he soon realises that he must unravel the dark and tangled history of the village  as well as
that of its feuding families  to get to the truth. The Little Sparrow Murders is the sixth
classic Detective Kindaichi mystery to be published by Pushkin Vertigo. Kosuke Kindaichi is
Japan's best-loved and most famous fictional sleuth  and Seishi Yokomizo one of the country's
greatest crime writers. His whodunnits have sold an astonishing 55 million copies in his home
country.

Aktuelle Preise zur EAN 9781782278870

Produktinformationen zur 9781782278870