The Black Cat House Murders
Yukito Ayatsuji author Ho-Ling Wong translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pushkin Press
Publishing:11th Feb '27
£10.99
This title is due to be published on 11th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Aging Ayuda Toma was once the manager of a large family estate, The Black Cat House. As his memory begins to fail, Toma hands two friends his personal notebook. Inside is a record of a gruesome murder that occurred there. How many secrets does this bizarre building hide, and will the amateur detective duo be able to uncover the truth?
--Praise for The Bizarre House Mysteries * - *
A knowing tribute to classic crime, it features all manner of puzzles, including locked rooms, jigsaws and magic tricks -- Mark Sanderson * The Times *
Fiendish foul play... Ayatsuji's skillful, furious pacing propels the narrative... This is a homage to Golden Age detective fiction, but it's also unabashed entertainment -- Sarah Weinman * New York Times *
A psychological-mystical thriller built on tropes from cozier crime fiction. Agatha Christie-type stopwatch sequences and John Dickson Carr-style locked-room conundrums coexist with Poe-like Gothic sequences full of severed limbs and charred flesh... * Wall Street Journal *
The dénouement was fiendishly clever... An engaging, entertaining mystery with a puzzle fit for the most ardent of armchair detectives * NB Magazine *
ISBN: 9781805336587
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
272 pages