{"product_id":"ellery-queens-japanese-mystery-stories-from-japans-greatest-detective-crime-writers","title":"Ellery Queen's Japanese Mystery Stories: From Japan's Greatest Detective \u0026 Crime Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003eYasutaka Tsutsui\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As an anthologist, Ellery Queen is without peer, his taste unequalled. As a bibliographer and a collector of the detective short story, Queen is, again, a historical personage. Indeed, Ellery Queen clearly is, after Poe, the most important American in mystery fiction.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — Otto Penzler, from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetectionary: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Characters in Mystery Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA newspaper receives a letter from a man claiming to have been murdered—it's impossible but the truth is not so simple; five strangers who share the same initials are invited to spend the night in a luxury hotel but one of them is a murderer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 12 stories in this book will lead you through dramatic twists and unexpected turns. The legendary Ellery Queen selected these stories by award-winning Japanese authors from among many thousands published in postwar Japan. Each story features an unusual crime and a complex set of clues investigated by a diverse and colorful cast of characters that includes a calculating inspector, a tenacious journalist, and a determined scientist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe thrilling stories in this volume include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Perfectly Lovely Ladies\"\u003c\/b\u003e by Kawabata Award winner Yasutaka Tsutsui: Eight women fight the high cost of living using violent means but will they get away with murder?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Cooperative Defendant\"\u003c\/b\u003e by Akutagawa Prize winner Seicho Matsumoto: After a man confesses to a killing, he retracts his confession and accuses the detectives of coercion. But who is right?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Devil of a Boy\"\u003c\/b\u003e by Edogawa Rampo Prize winner Seiichi Morimura: A schoolboy may still be very young but he is as sinister as the most hardened of criminals…or is someone else involved?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Kindly Blackmailer\"\u003c\/b\u003e by Mystery Writers of Japan Award winner Kyotaro Nishimura: A man involved in a fatal hit-and-run is blackmailed by a mysterious witness. Who is this enigmatic stranger?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllery Queen's Japanese Mystery Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a collection that is sure to delight lovers of great detective and crime fiction. The book features a new foreword by Japanese detective fiction expert Satoru Saito which places the stories within the context of Japanese society and modern Japanese literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nekoto Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":52520162328850,"sku":null,"price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/7072\/0786\/files\/857BA4CB-1E17-4F66-AD4E-55CF1BD6C86B.webp?v=1784153755","url":"https:\/\/nekotobooks.com\/products\/ellery-queens-japanese-mystery-stories-from-japans-greatest-detective-crime-writers","provider":"Nekoto Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}