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Tokyo Express

By: Seicho Matsumoto, Jesse Kirkwood - translator
Narrated by: Eleanor Matsuura
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In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Stood in the coast's wind and cold, the police see nothing to investigate: the flush of the couple's cheeks speaks clearly of cyanide, of a lovers' suicide. But in the eyes of two men, Torigai Jutaro, an old and shabby detective, and Kiichi Mihara, a young gun from Tokyo, something is not quite right. Together, they will begin to pick at the knot of a unique and calculated crime....

A coiled mystery in the vein of Georges Simenon, Tokyo Express is Seicho Matsumoto's best-selling masterwork.

©2022 Seicho Matsumoto (P)2022 Penguin Audio Classics Crime Fiction Mystery World Literature Fiction Crime

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Intriguing and detailed murder mystery, easy to read with fun twists and turns and endearing characters.

Fast paced mystery

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The story is clever, but at times one despairs of getting away from train times.

An awful lot about train timetables…..at least they run on time in Japan

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The author is actually known for his style where it’s not about who done it (well a little is) but more how it was done, it reminds me of the old Colombo TV series style I liked it

Interesting

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It was a good story but there is a lot of focus on timetables I prefer Agatha Christie

Okay crime fiction

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Performance was fine, but the plot seemed very obvious from the outset and the constant repetition of the same facts became grating

Laborious and repetitive

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