A cult classic mystery novel about students from a university mystery club who visit Tsunojima Island: the site of a series of violent murders. After the students start getting picked off one by one, they must utilize all their murder mystery knowledge to escape the Island with their lives. How will the students deal with the deaths of their classmates? Will they be able to outsmart the murderer? “A terrific mystery, a classic of misdirection very much in the manner of Agatha Christie or John Dickson Carr” – Washington Post. Translated by Ho-Ling Wong.

Yukito Ayatsuji (b. 1960) specializes in mystery and horror novels. His first novel, The Decagon House Murders, draws inspiration from his experience as a member of the Kyoto University Mystery Club, which dedicates itself to the writing of fair play mysteries inspired by the Golden Age greats. He is one of the founders of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan, an organization for writers who write Honkaku mystery.

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