Use your powers of logic and deduction to solve this classic honkaku puzzler--the Japanese
tradition of detective fiction--in this delicious twisty murder mystery! In Osaka dark secrets
haunt a wealthy merchant family throughout the first half of the 20th century . . . In 1906
the young heir to the Omari family business climbs to the top of a Panorama and vanishes. In
1914 a fight between two mysterious figures on a bridge tragically ends with one falling to
their death. In 1943 as war rages on the once illustrious family has fallen. Both potential
heirs have been drafted into war and a string of strange and violent happenings has beset the
house of Omari. Combining the classic honkaku mystery and Golden Age crime writing with the
trappings of historical fiction it's easy to see why Murder in the House of Ōmari is an
award-winning sensation in Japan! Set in Semba (modern-day Osaka) this gripping murder mystery
twists and turns with dark secrets red herrings and the turbulent history of Japan in the
early 20th century.
