{"product_id":"black-swan-mystery","title":"Black Swan Mystery","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBlack Swan Mystery\u003c\/h1\u003eTetsuya Ayukawa\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pushkin Vertigo\u003cbr\u003eJune 03 2025\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781805335238\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1805335235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \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","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44069989875757,"sku":"WHS-946a101f1a4044fd85ba8d5e5504cb9d","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_8e3a212c-9732-4e25-835e-3dfe93020099.jpg?v=1754768908","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/black-swan-mystery","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}