{"product_id":"a-quiet-place-seicho-matsumoto-9780593979082","title":"A Quiet Place","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn artfully twisty mystery about the psychological toll of jealousy and guilt from Seicho Matsumoto, who has been hailed as \"Japan's Agatha Christie\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile on an important business trip, Tsuneo Asai receives word that his wife, Eiko, has died of a heart attack. She has suffered from heart problems in the past, so her death isn't a complete shock, but she was tragically young to suffer such an end. Asai is rattled and sad but devotes himself fervently to his work as a government official to distract himself from the grief. It's not like his marriage was particularly passionate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut something about the circumstances of Eiko's demise is bothering him. Her heart attack struck while she was walking, alone, along a residential Tokyo street where she had no particular connections or reasons to be. During a curious visit to the small shop on that street, where Eiko took her last breath, Asai notices a hotel at the top of the hill, one obviously meant as a clandestine meeting place for lovers. He begins to wonder if his soft-spoken, haiku-obsessed wife might have been leading a double life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Asai's discoveries cause his mental state to rapidly unravel, and normalcy becomes more and more untenable for him, the fraught relationship between career and domesticity in Japan is laid bare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seicho Matsumoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593979087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593979082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Seicho Matsumoto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637109375231,"sku":"9780593979082","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98290e7d-9e8c-4bde-b4c9-37e1a0f11b85.jpg?v=1765113958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-quiet-place-seicho-matsumoto-9780593979082","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}