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Kosuke Kindaichi comes to remote Onikobe expecting a peaceful mountain retreat, but finds death stalking him at every turn. No sooner has the famous sleuth learnt of a decades-old murder haunting the village than a new series of killings strikes the community.

This time the victims’ bodies are eerily arranged to allude to the lyrics of a children’s song. As the scruffy sleuth investigates, the murders continue, with a sinister, stooped old woman appearing before every new death.

Kindaichi must unravel a tangled tale of broken hearts and blackmail to get to the truth. Can he do so before the killer reaches the final verse?

2025, The Society of Authors Translation Prizes (UK), Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Translation Prize, Short-listed

©1971 Seishi Yokomizo , 1996. English translation Bryan Karetnyk, 2024 (P)2024 Bolinda Publishing Crime Fiction Historical International Mystery & Crime Mystery Traditional Detectives Murder Heartfelt Crime

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'Seishi Yokomizo took a pinch of John Dickson Carr and a dash of Agatha Christie in creating Kosuke Kindaichi, solver of impossible crimes ...' (The New York Times)
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