Japanese Mystery Fiction

Enter a world of samurai and geishas, ninjas and Zen masters in this “rousing tale of Shogun Japan” (New York Post) from the acclaimed author of Autumn Bridge. “Triumphant . . . terrific . . . This is a riveting read, alternately playful and suspenseful.”—People The year is 1861. After...

Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news—the son of one of the island’s most important families has died, on a troop transport ship bringing him back home after the Second World War. But Kindaichi has not come merely as a messenger—with his last words, the dying man warned that his three step-sisters’ lives would now be in danger. The scruffy detective is determined to get to the bottom of this mysterious prophesy, and to protect the three women if he can.

Bakemono, literally “altered thing,” which translates as “monster.” Monogatari, literally “thing narrated,” which translates as “tale.” Combined into a neologism by he of the reversible nom de plume, they yield BAKEMONOGATARI, the monster tale that kicked off a series whose anime...

In Hillbilly Hollow, even the dead want the last word...When an eccentric local artist meets an untimely end during the annual Flower Festival, Emma gets pulled into two cases at once. First, the murder investigation. Second, the hunt for a dangerous burglar who has the whole town on edge. After all-brawn-and-no-brains Sheriff Tucker declares the death an accident, Emma's search for the killer hits a dead end... until a vengeful ghost comes calling. Can Emma decipher the mad ramblings of the disgruntled spirit?

With My Annihilation, Fuminori Nakamura, master of literary noir, has constructed a puzzle box of a narrative in the form of a confessional diary that implicates its reader in a heinous crime. Delving relentlessly into the darkest corners of human consciousness, My Annihilation interrogates the unspeakable thoughts all humans share that can be monstrous when brought to life, revealing with disturbing honesty the psychological motives of a killer.

In 1890, the first Japanese diplomatic delegation arrives in London to open an embassy. Cyrus Barker, private enquiry agent and occasional agent for the Foreign Service Office, is enlisted to display his personal Japanese garden to the visiting dignitaries. Later that night, Ambassador Toda is shot and killed in his office and Cyrus Barker is discovered across the street, watching the very same office, in possession of a revolver with one spent cartridge.

A Japanese The Thursday Murder Club, taking healing fiction for a mystery-filled spin with this Japanese bestseller that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Japan. He’s not your average Grandpa. As a lover of classic crime stories, it’s no surprise that schoolteacher Kaede encounters...

Originally published in 1922 and translated by Takashi Kojima, this classic short story was the inspiration for Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film Rashomon, about the murder of a samurai. Told from the perspective of multiple witnesses.

A class president among class presidents, a bespectacled model student who soars to the top of honors lists without fail, Tsubasa Hanekawa also happens to be a decent human being. True, she does have a habit of making single-minded assumptions, but they come from a good place and turn out to be...

港ヨコハマを暴力から守る「チーム諸橋」の活躍を描く「横浜みなとみらい署暴対係』シリーズ第七弾！商品を受け取るも代金を支払わない「取り込み詐欺」。暴力団の懐を肥やす資金源を断ち切るため、〝ハマの用心棒〟が倉庫街を駆ける！神奈川県警みなとみらい署刑事第一課暴力犯対策係係長・諸橋夏男。

神奈川県警みなとみらい署。暴力犯係係長の諸橋は「ハマの用心棒」と呼ばれ、暴力団には脅威の存在だ。地元の組織に潜入捜査中の警官が殺された。警察に対する挑戦か!?　ラテン系の陽気な相棒・城島をはじめ、諸橋班が港ヨコハマを駆け抜ける！

神奈川県警みなとみらい署暴対係の警部・諸橋は、暴力団の間で〈ハマの用心棒〉と呼ばれ怖れられている。ヤクザの抗争に巻き込まれ、両親を失った諸橋の暴力団に対する憎悪は特別深いのだ。大学生が自室で変死体となって発見された。死因はヘロインの中毒死。市内では薬物検挙数が目に見えて増えているという。白い粉で俺たちのハマを汚すな! 絶好調、シリーズ第二弾。

神奈川県警みなとみらい署刑事組織犯罪対策課暴力団対策係係長「ハマの用心棒」こと諸橋のもとを県警本部監察官の笹本が訪ねてきた。県警本部長が諸橋、そして相棒の城島との面会を希望しているという。横浜・山手の廃屋で、中国人の遺体が発見された。被害者は中華街で一財産を築いたが、三年前から消息不明だった。

「ハマの用心棒」と呼ばれ、暴力団から恐れられている神奈川県警みなとみらい署の暴対係長・諸橋。陽気な相棒・ジョーこと城島をはじめ、部下たちから尊敬、信頼されている。ある日、馴染みのやくざ・神野組唯一の組員・岩倉が身柄を拘束された。素人に手を出したという。昔気質の神野が素人に手を出すはずがない。諸橋と城島は岩倉の取調に立ち会う。 表題作「防波堤」他、横浜を舞台に悪と戦う諸橋班の活躍を描く6篇を収録。

警察小説のトップランナー・今野敏の人気シリーズ、待望の最新刊！神奈川県警監察官の笹本に新たな任務が！みなとみらい署暴対係長の通称「ハマの用心棒」諸橋と、地元のヤクザである神風会組長・神野の癒着が問題視されているようだ。折しもみなとみらい署管内で暴力団同士の傷害事件が発生。本部長に調査を命じられた笹本は、諸橋に会うべく現場へと向かった！

みなとみらい署暴対係係長諸橋と相棒の城島は、居酒屋で暴れた半グレたちを検挙する。彼らは東京を縄張りにする「ダークドラゴン」と呼ばれる中国系のグループだった。翌々日、関東進出を目論む関西系の組長が管内で射殺される。横浜での抗争が懸念される中、捜査一課があげた容疑者は諸橋たちの顔なじみだった。捜査一課の短絡的な見立てにまったく納得できない「ハマの用心棒」たちは――。(解説:西上心太)

Rei Shimura, a California girl living in Tokyo, has an antiques business that's only slightly more successful than her love life. When her aunt enrolls her in the Kayama School of Ikebana to learn how to arrange flowers, disaster strikes. A mean teacher is found with scissors in her neck, and Takeo Kayama, the sexy billionaire heir to the school, considers Rei's aunt the main suspect.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR · Marie Claire “A taut and compelling depiction of loneliness and obsession.” --Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train “[It] will keep you firmly in its grip.” --Oyinkan Braithwaite, bestselling author of My Sister, the...

Enter a world of samurai and geishas, ninjas and Zen masters in this “rousing tale of Shogun Japan” (New York Post) from the acclaimed author of Autumn Bridge. “Triumphant . . . terrific . . . This is a riveting read, alternately playful and suspenseful.”—People The year is 1861. After...

Ken Hideyoshi is the new guy in Halawa Correctional Institute. He’s tough looking, a hard case. His cellmate is Cal—the mute tattoo artist of the prison who murdered his own wife. Ken, already inked with a gang symbol and a Japanese emblem, eventually asks Cal to create an elaborate tattoo on his back, in kanji script, of Musashi’s Book of the Void.