Tokyo Express: A Novel

ISBN: 0593979044

Author: Matsumoto, Seicho

Condition: New

From Japan's Agatha Christie (The Sunday Times): A secluded bay. An apparent lovers suicide. And a pair of detectives with a nagging suspicion that the pieces dont add up. Can you solve one of the most astonishing literary puzzles ever written?An irresistible Hitchcockian gem: a fiendishly plotted crime novel told in crisp, elegant prose.-Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainIn a rocky cove at Hakata Bay, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Standing on the cold beach, the police see nothing to investigate: The flush of the couples cheeks and the empty juice bottle speak clearly of cyanide, of a lovers suicide. But in the eyes of two men, senior detective Torigai Jutaro and Kiichi Mihara, a young gun from Tokyo, something is not quite right. Together, they begin to pick at the knot of a unique and calculated crime.Now widely available in English for the first time, Tokyo Express is celebrated around the world as Seicho Matsumotos masterpiece.