Tokyo Express by Seicho Matsumoto Paperback Book 9780241439081

An irresistible Hitchcockian gem a fiendishlyplotted crime novel told in crisp elegant prose Paula Hawkins author of The Girl on the Train Matsumoto was Japans Agatha Christie Laura Hackett The Sunday TimesIt was a puzzle with no solution But he did not lose heartIn a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered Stood in the coasts wind and cold the police see nothing to investigate the flush of the couples cheeks speaks clearly of cyanide of a lovers suicide But in the eyes of two men Torigai Jutaro a senior detective and Kiichi Mihara a young gun from Tokyo something is not quite right Together they begin to pick at the knot of a unique and calculated crimeNow widely available in English for the first time Tokyo Express is celebrated around the world as Seicho Matsumotos masterpiece and as one of the most fiendish puzzles ever written