{"product_id":"the-black-swan-mystery-tetsuya-ayukawa-9781805335238","title":"The Black Swan Mystery","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE JAPANESE CRIME FICTION CLASSIC: A prize-winning railway murder mystery set in 1960s Japan--for fans of Agatha Christie and Seicho Matsumoto! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of devious twists and turns, this brilliant puzzle mystery is considered to be one of the greatest alibi deconstruction mysteries ever written \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarly one morning, the owner of a local mill is found lying next to the railway tracks just outside of Kuki Station. Suspicion initially falls on the workers' union, with whom the man had been embroiled in a labour dispute, then on a new religious sect that has been gaining followers recently. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChief Inspector Onitsura and his assistant Tanna are called in to investigate, and soon set off in a journey across Japan, from Tokyo to Kyoto and Osaka, and finally to the island of Kyūshu, in a hunt for the killer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as they investigate, the killer strikes again, and again. Will they be able to catch the murderer before even more people are slain? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFans of Agatha Christie's \u003ci\u003e4.50 from Paddington \u003c\/i\u003eand Seicho Matsumoto's \u003ci\u003eTokyo Express\u003c\/i\u003e will delight in the devious twists and turns of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Swan Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in the characterisation and portrait of 1960s Japan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author, Tetsuya Ayukawa, is considered to be the master of alibi deconstruction mysteries-a talent that is on full display in this brilliant classic railway murder mystery, which won the prestigious Japanese Detective Writers Club Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tetsuya Ayukawa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1805335235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805335238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Vertigo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Tetsuya Ayukawa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46640528064767,"sku":"9781805335238","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b61502db-5425-4ff9-9a1d-d4cb52b6a173.jpg?v=1740669891","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-black-swan-mystery-tetsuya-ayukawa-9781805335238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}