Murder at the Black Cat Café

SKU: 9781805335511
Murder at the Black Cat Café

Murder at the Black Cat Café

SKU: 9781805335511
Author: Seishi Yokomizo
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At a glance

🖤 Tone
Atmospheric, clever, suspenseful
⚡ Pace
Steady, clue-driven
☕ Vibes
Eerie cafés, hidden identities, vintage detective work, intricate puzzles
✨ Themes
Deception, revenge, justice, greed, hidden motives
🧠 Emotional Journey
Intriguing, twist-filled, intellectually satisfying
📖 Hook
A bizarre murder connected to the mysterious Black Cat Café draws detective Kosuke Kindaichi into a labyrinth of secrets and deception
💫 Perfect For
Readers who enjoy classic puzzle mysteries with atmospheric settings and brilliant detective work

About Murder at the Black Cat Café By Seishi Yokomizo

In order to solve this sensational stand-alone murder mystery, scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi will have to untangle a complex web of love, jealousy, and betrayal

In post-war Tokyo, still recovering from the devastating wartime bombing raids, a patrolling policeman passing The Black Cat Café makes a gruesome discovery: the body of a woman, lying in a hastily dug hole, with a dead black cat by her side. The woman’s face is disfigured beyond recognition, and the café’s black cat seems alive and well, so where did the two corpses come from, and why were they buried in the café’s garden?

As the legendary scruffy sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi investigates, he realizes the café’s enigmatic madam, Oshima, has a past shrouded in secrecy, and what exactly is her relationship with the owner, Itoshima?

Murder at the Black Cat Café is the latest instalment in the Kosuke Kindaichi mysteries—the classic series that made Seishi Yokomizo Japan’s greatest and best-loved crime writer of all time. This edition also includes a bonus story, ‘The Well Wheel Creaks’.

Book details

Format
Paperback
Reading age
18+
Pages
224
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Published
9 September 2025
Language
English
ISBN
9781805335511

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