{"product_id":"ellery-queens-japanese-mystery-stories-9784805315521","title":"Ellery Queen's Japanese Mystery Stories","description":"\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 — Otto Penzler, from \u003ci\u003eDetectionary: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Characters in Mystery Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe thrilling stories in this volume include:\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\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\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllery Queen's Japanese Mystery Stories\u003c\/i\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.","brand":"Ellery Queen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48268687966459,"sku":"9784805315521","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_3678c78b-bb99-46a2-9105-164790dc8da7.jpg?v=1778758305","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/ellery-queens-japanese-mystery-stories-9784805315521","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}