Japanese Detective Fiction

WATERSTONES BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2023 PICK The Kamogawa Food Detectives, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just...

Within the premises of the Japanese Consulate in London a perfidious assasination came to pass. In order to avoid diplomatic affairs and to quickly solve this murder the responsible intelligence officer turns to Sherlock Holmes.

「仏の鳴沢」と呼ばれた祖父。「捜一の鬼」の異名を持つ父。その二人を継ぐ、「刑事として生まれた男」――。堂場瞬一史上人気NO.1警察小説！祖父・父を継いで新潟県警捜査一課の刑事となった鳴沢了は、晩秋の湯沢で殺された老女が、かつて宗教教団の教祖で、五十年前に殺人事件に関わったことを突き止めた。