![]() ![]() ![]() "Ayatsuji's brilliant and richly atmospheric puzzle will appeal to fans of golden age whodunits. In the opening chapter, one character remarks: Enough gritty realism please! What mystery novels need are a great detective, a mansion, a shady cast of residents, bloody murders, impossible crimes and never-before-seen-tricks played by the murder. ![]() "The Decagon House Murders, is a thrilling homage to Christie s And Then There Were None, following a group of amateur sleuths on a trip to a lonely island, the site of several unsolved murders. "A knowing tribute to classic crime, it features all manner of puzzles, including locked rooms, jigsaws and magic tricks." ![]() Rivals Soji Shimada's The Tokyo Zodiac Murders for sheer audacity and ingenuity" "A stunner of a plot, with an ending which I simply could not believe when it was first revealed. Every word counts, leading up to a jaw-dropping but logical reveal". "Behold, the perfect escapist drug! If I could crush this book into a powder and snort it, I would." "A terrific mystery, a classic of misdirection very much in the manner of Agatha Christie or John Dickson Carr'" ![]()
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