Tokyo Express: A Novel

By: Seicho Matsumoto

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Synopsis: From &“Japan's Agatha Christie&” (The Sunday Times): A secluded bay. An apparent lovers&’ suicide. And a pair of detectives with a nagging suspicion that the pieces don&’t add up. Can you solve one of the most astonishing literary puzzles ever written?&“An irresistible Hitchcockian gem: a fiendishly plotted crime novel told in crisp, elegant prose.&”—Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train In a rocky cove at Hakata Bay, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Standing on the cold beach, the police see nothing to investigate: The flush of the couple&’s cheeks and the empty juice bottle speak clearly of cyanide, of a lovers&’ suicide. But in the eyes of two men, senior detective Torigai Jutaro and Kiichi Mihara, a young gun from Tokyo, something is not quite right. Together, they begin to pick at the knot of a unique and calculated crime.Now widely available in English for the first time, Tokyo Express is celebrated around the world as Seichō Matsumoto&’s masterpiece.