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島田荘司
Soji Shimada is a Japanese mystery writer who helped launch the Shin Honkaku movement, a genre focused on fair-play puzzles and logic. He is best known for his debut novel, The Tokyo
Murder in the Crooked House
Synopsis
Perched on a snowbound cliff in northern Japan, the Crooked House is a bizarre mansion of sloping floors and unsettling dolls. When a guest is found murdered under impossible circumstances, the police are baffled, and more strange deaths follow among the house guests. Renowned sleuth Kiyoshi Mitarai arrives, tasked with solving these cryptic murders in a seemingly impenetrable setting.
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Characters
Kiyoshi MitaraiProtagonist
Kozaburo HamamotoSupporting