The Cat Mansion Murders
(2027)(The fourth book in the Casebooks of Mikeneko Holmes series)
A novel by Jiro Akagawa
"Murder mystery fans and cat lovers get ready for an iconic new series" Janice Hallet
"Think Agatha Chrisite with claws" A.J. Finn
"You can absolutely see why Jiro Akagawa is such a staple of Japanese crime fiction" Kristen Perrin
Detective Katayama is in a new part of town . . .
. . . and immediately runs into trouble. A young child is pushed into a pond by an unknown assailant. A witness insists that the culprit is one Tsuneo Ishizawa, the troubled son of the elderly woman who owns the nearby "cat mansion".
Before Katayama can get to the bottom of the disturbance, horror strikes the mansion itself. Madame Ishizawa, the owner, is found murdered, killed by a maniac with a samurai sword.
As more mysterious deaths occur and rumours spread of a blood-red ghost cat haunting the village, panic takes hold among the residents.
Luckily Holmes is on hand to lead Katayama through the maze of clues and red herrings. Who better to get to grips with a ghost than a cat whose instincts and intuition are just as otherworldly?
Genre: Thriller
"Think Agatha Chrisite with claws" A.J. Finn
"You can absolutely see why Jiro Akagawa is such a staple of Japanese crime fiction" Kristen Perrin
Detective Katayama is in a new part of town . . .
. . . and immediately runs into trouble. A young child is pushed into a pond by an unknown assailant. A witness insists that the culprit is one Tsuneo Ishizawa, the troubled son of the elderly woman who owns the nearby "cat mansion".
Before Katayama can get to the bottom of the disturbance, horror strikes the mansion itself. Madame Ishizawa, the owner, is found murdered, killed by a maniac with a samurai sword.
As more mysterious deaths occur and rumours spread of a blood-red ghost cat haunting the village, panic takes hold among the residents.
Luckily Holmes is on hand to lead Katayama through the maze of clues and red herrings. Who better to get to grips with a ghost than a cat whose instincts and intuition are just as otherworldly?
Genre: Thriller