Book
The Aosawa murders / Riku Onda ; translated from the Japanese by Alison Watts.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781912242245 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 315 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: London : Bitter Lemon Press, 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in Japanese: Tokyo : Kadokawa Corporation, 2005. Translation of: Eugenia. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Japanese. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Blindness > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Japan > Fiction. Nineteen sixties > Fiction. Poisoning > Fiction. Teenage girls > Japan > Fiction. Japan > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC Onda | 31681010401289 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"In the 1960s 17 people die of cyanide poisoning at a large party at the Aosawas, owners of a prominent clinic in an ancient castle city on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The only survivor is their teenage daughter Hisako, blind, beautiful, admired by all, but soon suspected of masterminding the crime"-- - Perseus Publishing
Selected by NYT as one of MOST NOTABLE BOOKS of 2020. Â
On a stormy summer day the Aosawas, owners of a prominent local hospital, host a large birthday party. The occasion turns into tragedy when 17 people die from cyanide in their drinks. The only surviving links to what might have happened are a cryptic verse that could be the killer's, and the physician's bewitching blind daughter, Hisako, the only person spared injury.Â
But the youth who emerges as the prime suspect commits suicide that October, effectively sealing his guilt while consigning his motives to mystery. The police are convinced that Hisako had a role in the crime, as are many in the town, including the author of a bestselling book about the murders written a decade after the incident, who was herself a childhood friend of Hisakoâ and witness to the discovery of the murders. The truth is revealed through a skilful juggling of testimony by different voices: family members, witnesses and neighbours, police investigators and of course the mesmerizing Hisako herself.
- Perseus Publishing
Selected by NYT as one of MOST NOTABLE BOOKS of 2020.In the 1960s 17 people die of cyanide poisoning at a large party at the Aosawas, owners of a prominent clinic in an ancient castle city on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The only survivor is their teenage daughter Hisako, blind, beautiful, admired by all, but soon suspected of masterminding the crime.
