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The Honjin Murders

by Seishi Yokomizo / Louise Heal Kawai · Detective Kosuke Kindaichi series

A bride's scream shatters a wedding night in a snow-bound manor, and by morning three bodies are found in locked rooms. Detective Kosuke Kindaichi arrives to untangle a case where every door was barred from within and every suspect has an alibi — the debut of Japan's most beloved literary detective.

Detective Kosuke Kindaichi in reading order

• 1. The Honjin Murders — Seishi Yokomizo / Louise Heal Kawai
• 2. The Village of Eight Graves — Seishi Yokomizo / Bryan Karetnyk
• 3. Death on Gokumon Island — Louise Heal Kawai / Seishi Yokomizo
• 4. The Devil's Flute Murders — Seishi Yokomizo / Jim Rion
• 5. The Little Sparrow Murders — Bryan Karetnyk / Seishi Yokomizo

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