It will delight any mystery fan looking to put their little grey cells to use. It is the first of Ayatsujis works to be translated into English. The remaining amateur sleuths will have to use all of their murder-mystery expertise to find the killer before they end up dead too.This is a playful, loving and fiendishly plotted homage to the best of golden age crime. The Decagon House Murders was Ayatsujis debut and is considered a landmark crime novel in Japan, where it revived the traditional puzzle mystery format and inspired a new generation of writers. They're looking forward to investigating the crime, putting their passion for solving mysteries to practical use, but before long there is a fresh murder, and soon the club-members realise they are being picked off one-by-one. The Decagon House Murders was Ayatsujis debut and is considered a landmark crime novel in Japan, where it revived the traditional puzzle mystery format and inspired a new generation of writers. The lonely, rockbound island of Tsunojima is notorious as the site of a series of bloody unsolved murders. Every word counts, leading up to a jaw-dropping but logical reveal’ Publishers Weekly. A hugely enjoyable, page-turning murder mystery with one of the best and most-satisfying conclusions youll ever. That's what has made it a classic in Japan, and what readers of this first ever English translation will love too.The members of a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly, unsolved multiple murder the year before. ‘Ayatsuji’s brilliant and richly atmospheric puzzle will appeal to fans of golden age whodunits. The remaining amateur sleuths will have to use all of their murder-mystery expertise to find the killer before they end up dead too. Author(s): Yukito Ayatsuji Crime Fiction.

A hugely enjoyable, page-turning murder mystery with one of the best and most-satisfying conclusions you'll ever read: clever enough that you're unlikely to guess it, but simple enough that you'll kick yourself when it's revealed.

The decagon house murder