The 8 Mansion Murders
by Takemaru Abiko
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"The 8 Mansion, so called because its owner Kikuo Hachisuka, constructed it in the shape of a figure 8, is the scene of two gruesome crossbow murders. First Kikuo's son, and then another resident who witnessed the first murder, are slaughtered in seemingly impossible circumstances. The crimes are investigated by Inspector Kyozo and his accident-prone assistant Kinoshita, but they are actually solved by his brother Shinji, who delivers a "quasi-locked-room lecture" reminiscent of John Dickson show more Carr's Dr. Fell. Takemaru Akibe was, with Yukito Ayatsuji and Rintaro Norizuki, one of the founders of the shin honkaku movement. The 8 Mansion Murders, published in 1989 was the third in the series of path-breaking books which launched the renaissance of Golden Age style detective fiction in Japan"--Back cover. show lessTags
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- Original title
- Shinsoban 8 No Satsujin
- Original publication date
- 1989
- People/Characters
- Kyōzō Hayami; Shinji Hayami; Ichio Hayami; Kinoshita; Kikuo Hachisuka; Tamiko Hachisuka (show all 15); Kikuichirō Hachisuka; Setsuko Hachisuka; Yukie Hachisuka; Kikuji Hachisuka; Takao Yano; Yoshie Yano; Yūsaku Yano; Kazuo Saeki; Mitsuko Kawamura
- Important places
- Tokyo, Japan
- First words
- It does indeed seem to be an extraordinary plan.
- Quotations
- Reflexively, he even raised the lid of the toilet to look inside, but—not surprisingly—the murderer was not lurking there.
‘I don’t believe anybody at this point. I only believe in the things I see with my own two eyes.’ Kyōzō was impressed by how good his own words sounded. He decided he’d use that phrase from now on. That he hadn’t ... (show all)noticed that Kinoshita had started making a header entitled Babblings of The Inspector was a good thing for both of them. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He might be well suited to be a police detective after all.
- Original language
- Japanese
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- English
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