Though my singular frustration with detective fiction is that it always involves the cops (ACAB), I find it hard not to be charmed by detectives both because they are often quite fun characters and also they highlight the pointlessness of the very institution the genre often supports.
Charming Detectives Viešas
Sukūrė ir kuruoja nerd teacher [books]
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The Inugami Curse Seishi Yokomizo
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In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami Clan dies, and his family eagerly await the reading of the …
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The Village of Eight Graves Seishi Yokomizo
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Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend: in the …
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The Honjin Murders Seishi Yokomizo, Louise Heal Kawai (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
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In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son …
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Five Little Pigs Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
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Sixteen years after Caroline Crale has been convicted of the murder of her husband, Amyas Crale, her daughter, Carla Lemarchant, …
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The Tattoo Murder Akimitsu Takagi
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Tokyo, 1947. At the first post-war meeting of the Edo Tattoo Society, Kinue Nomura reveals her full-body snake tattoo to …
