The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

Can you solve the puzzle of the Noh Mask Murder?

Death and madness have haunted the Chizui family for years. Now a strange figure has been seen wandering their mansion at night, wearing a sinister Noh mask that is said to bear a centuries-old curse.

Budding crime writer and sleuth Akimitsu Takagi receives a desperate plea for help from the head of the family but arrives too late to find the man dead in a locked room, with the mask at his feet. Takagi begins to investigate, but it seems the curse of the mask is not finished with the Chizuis yet...

From one of Japan's most renowned mystery writers-who appears in the novel as a detective!-The Noh Mask Murder is an ingeniously constructed masterpiece with a breathtaking ending.

"It’s a wickedly plotted mystery with a metafictional twist that feels far fresher than those of more contemporary versions with the same idea" -- New York Times

"A playful, meta-narrative puzzle that will delight fans of the classic locked-room subgenre, but which also digs beneath the surface mystery to explore the “collective derangement” that can affect an entire family – or, for that matter, an entire nation" -- The Irish Times

"Japanese crime-writing legend and innovator of the form, Takagi, lends contemporary thought to traditional Golden Age tropes to superb effect.. Reflects the distinct and elegant storytelling of Japan and riffs on the locked room mystery" -- Crime Time

"The resolution is quite ingeniously turned... there's a good deal of enjoyable cleverness here'" -- The Complete Review

AKIMITSU TAKAGI was born in Japan in 1920 and went on to work as an aeronautical engineer until the end of the Second World War. He later decided to become a mystery writer on the recommendation of a fortune teller. He went on to become one of the country's most popular crime authors. The Noh Mask Murder won the prestigious Mystery Writers Club Award and is considered one of the great classic Japanese whodunits. Takagi's debut, The Tattoo Murder, is also available from Pushkin Vertigo.

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ISBN 13	9781782279655
ISBN 10	1782279652
Title	The Noh Mask Murder
Author	Akimitsu Takagi
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pushkin Press
Year published	2024-04-04
Number of pages	224
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