{"product_id":"the-black-swan-mystery","title":"The Black Swan Mystery","description":"THE JAPANESE CRIME FICTION CLASSIC: A prize-winning railway murder mystery set in 1960s Japan--for fans of Agatha Christie and Seicho Matsumoto! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of devious twists and turns, this brilliant puzzle mystery is considered to be one of the greatest alibi deconstruction mysteries ever written \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarly one morning, the owner of a local mill is found lying next to the railway tracks just outside of Kuki Station. Suspicion initially falls on the workers' union, with whom the man had been embroiled in a labour dispute, then on a new religious sect that has been gaining followers recently. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChief Inspector Onitsura and his assistant Tanna are called in to investigate, and soon set off in a journey across Japan, from Tokyo to Kyoto and Osaka, and finally to the island of Kyūshu, in a hunt for the killer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as they investigate, the killer strikes again, and again. Will they be able to catch the murderer before even more people are slain  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFans of Agatha Christie's \u003ci\u003e4.50 from Paddington \u003c\/i\u003eand Seicho Matsumoto's \u003ci\u003eTokyo Express\u003c\/i\u003e will delight in the devious twists and turns of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Swan Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in the characterisation and portrait of 1960s Japan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author, Tetsuya Ayukawa, is considered to be the master of alibi deconstruction mysteries-a talent that is on full display in this brilliant classic railway murder mystery, which won the prestigious Japanese Detective Writers Club Prize.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53844924563794,"sku":"9781805335238","price":14.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_db249174-8c8f-4f2e-a3e8-012a51c5c88a.jpg?v=1782468888","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/the-black-swan-mystery","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}