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The Village of Eight Graves

by Seishi Yokomizo / Bryan Karetnyk · Detective Kosuke Kindaichi series

A man returns to his ancestral village seeking a fortune rumored to be hidden among eight graves, and the killing begins immediately. Kindaichi must decipher a centuries-old massacre, a family's violent history, and the identity of a killer who seems determined to settle every debt at once.

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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