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Murder in the House of Omari by Taku ASHIBE (2025, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSteerforth Press

ISBN-101805335219

ISBN-139781805335214

eBay Product ID (ePID)17072593479

Product Key Features

Original LanguageJapanese

Book TitleMurder in the House of Omari

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2025

TopicCrime, General

GenreFiction

AuthorTaku Ashibe

Book SeriesPushkin Vertigo Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight10 oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"It's a bumpy ride." --Publishers Weekly "A Christie-like whodunnit, set in war-torn 1943 Japan" --Peterborough Telegraph "Resurrects the Golden Age detective story with a Japanese twist... A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie or Yukito Ayatsuji" --The Arts Shelf (UK), 'Impressive... Enthralling... From the tenements of London's Jewish East End, to the lush costumes of the slowly declining Ottoman Empire, Goldin brings a long-lost era to life in vivid, evocative detail', Financial Times 'An inventive story rich in detail that ducks and dives just like its hero. Un-putdownable', Sun, 5*

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal895.636

SynopsisOsaka, 1943: as the Second World War rages and American bombers rain death down upon the city, the once prosperous Omari family is already in decline, financially ruined by the terrible conflict. Then the household is struck by a series of gruesome murders. Can anyone solve the mystery of these baffling slayings before the Omari line is extinguished entirely? To do so, and unravel the killer's fiendish plot, they will have to delve into the family's past, where a dark and deadly secret has been festering for decades..., 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 omari 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.