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 Public
Created and curated by nerd teacher [books]
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The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
4 stars
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 by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
4 stars
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 by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
4 stars
In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son …
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Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
4 stars
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 by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
5 stars
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 Devil's Flute Murders by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi Kosuke)
4 stars
This time the beloved scruffy sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi investigates a series of gruesome murders within the feuding family of a …
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The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi
5 stars
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 Tattoo Murder by Akimitsu Takagi
4 stars
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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The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji (The House Murders)
3 stars
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 Mill House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
4 stars
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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Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
3 stars
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 ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
4 stars
There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling …
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Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
4 stars
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the …
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot)
4 stars
Poor Roger Ackroyd.
He knew the woman he loved had been harbouring a guilty secret. And then, yesterday, she …
