The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada | Pushkin Press | 9781805335153

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

Translated by Ross Mackenzie

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Shika Mackenzie

ISBN

9781805335153

Published

10th October 2024

Format

Paperback

Pages

320

‘The solution is one of the most original that I’ve ever read’ Anthony Horowitz

‘This book is an unmissable triumph’ Tom Mead, Publishers Weekly

‘It’s a budding Sherlock’s dream’ Crime Scene

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A BESTSELLING AND INTERNATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED MASTERPIECE

An eccentric artist is found brutally murdered in a room locked from the inside. His diaries reveal dabblings in alchemy and astrology, and a macabre plan to kill and dismember seven women in an occult ritual. Then, shortly after his death, the artist’s bloody project is carried out, as if from beyond the grave…

Decades later, astrologer and amateur detective Kiyoshi Mitarai sets out to solve these notorious crimes. His investigation leads him across the country towards a dark, shocking truth. But can you unravel the mystery of the Tokyo Zodiac Murders before he does?

Reviews

Ignites the mind

Huffington Post

Shimada’s novel is a classic of the popular Japanese honkaku or “authentic” subgenre of crime fiction, which prioritises tight plots and carefully scattered clues

The National

If you like your crime stories to be bloody and bizarre, then this one may be for you. The winner of several major awards… the solution is one of the most original that I’ve ever read

Anthony Horowitz