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
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The Inugami Curse Seishi Yokomizo
4 žvaigždutės
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
5 žvaigždutės
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 Louise Heal Kawai, Seishi Yokomizo (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
4 žvaigždutės
In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son …
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The Tattoo Murder Akimitsu Takagi
3 žvaigždutės
Tokyo, 1947. At the first post-war meeting of the Edo Tattoo Society, Kinue Nomura reveals her full-body snake tattoo to …
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Death on Gokumon Island Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke, #2)
4 žvaigždutės
Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news – the son of one of the island’s most …
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The Little Sparrow Murders Seishi Yokomizo
4 žvaigždutės
An old friend of Kosuke Kindaichi’s invites the scruffy detective to visit the remote mountain village of Onikobe in order …
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The Mill House Murders Yukito Ayatsuji, Ho-Ling Wong (The House Murders, #2)
4 žvaigždutės
Every year, a small group of acquaintances pay a visit to the remote, castle-like Mill House, home to the reclusive …
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The Noh Mask Murder Akimitsu Takagi
5 žvaigždutės
This ingeniously constructed masterpiece, written by one of Japan's most celebrated crime writers and translated into English for the first …
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The Tumbling Girl Bridget Walsh (Variety Palace Mysteries, #1)
5 žvaigždutės
1876, Victorian London.
The feisty Minnie Ward is scraping a living as a scriptwriter for the Variety Palace Music …
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Flying Too High Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher, #2)
3 žvaigždutės
Walking the wings of a Tiger Moth plane in full flight would be more than enough excitement for most people, …
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The Decagon House Murders Yukito Ayatsuji (The House Murders, #1)
2 žvaigždutės
The lonely, rockbound island of Tsunojima is notorious as the site of a series of bloody unsolved murders. Some even …
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The Clock House Murders Yukito Ayatsuji
5 žvaigždutės
The remote Clock House is filled with priceless timepieces from across the world. It is also rumoured to be haunted …
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The Innocents Bridget Walsh (Variety Palace Mysteries, #2)
5 žvaigždutės
Still reeling from the gruesome murders of the previous year, Minnie Ward is appointed manager of the Variety Palace. Times …
