This was a classic locked room murder mystery. The novel introduces detective Kosuke Kindaichi, who I believe, became the protagonist of more than 70 books! by Yokomizo. This was a fun, entertaining read. It reminded me of Poe and Christie. First we got the details of the murder, and events before and after. Then we got the great Ko-San arriving to unravel the mystery. Not a character novel but great mystery solving.
And also,... Yokomizo did something I truly enjoyed. He shared with the reader some of his favourite mystery novels and authors. This came as part of the plot and was fun thing to discover. Some mentioned were Maurice Leblanc Lupin series, Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes, The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Garston Leroux, The Canary Murder Case and The Kennel Murder Case by SS Van Fine, The Plague Court Murders by Dickson Carr, and more. Yokomizo also mentioned some Japanese classics like Edogawa Rampo (the only one I knew and have read), Ruiko Kuroiwa, Fuboku Kozakai, Saburo Koga, Udaru Oshita, Takataro Kigi and more...
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