Description: "The lonely, rockbound island of Tsunojima is notorious as the site of a series of bloody unsolved murders. Some even say it's haunted. One thing's for sure: it's the perfect destination for the K- Universiity Mystery club's trip."--Page 4 of cover.
Review Quotes: One of the "20 of the Best Classic Murder Mystery Books of All Time," Town & Country
"[The Decagon House Murders is] less about psychology and more about characters in relation to each other, like pawns on a chess board."--E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars "This novel was published nearly 40 years ago, but feels just as fresh and surprising as any thriller written today."
--Gillian McAllister, author of That Night
"His celebration of traditional whodunits plays with the mystery genre in a wonderfully self-referential way . . . With each new murder, the remaining members of the group must use their knowledge of the genre to find the killer and try to stay alive."
--Esquire, "The 50 Best Mysteries of All Time" "A terrific mystery, a classic of misdirection very much in the manner of Agatha Christie or John Dickson Carr."
--Washington Post "Behold, the perfect escapist drug! If I could crush this book into a powder and snort it, I would."
--Vulture "Ayatsuji's brilliant and richly atmospheric puzzle will appeal to fans of golden age whodunits . . . Every word counts, leading up to a jaw-dropping but logical reveal."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A stunner of a plot, with an ending which I simply could not believe when it was first revealed . . . Rivals Soji Shimada's The Tokyo Zodiac Murders for sheer audacity and ingenuity."
--At the Scene of the Crime "A knowing tribute to classic crime, it features all manner of puzzles, including locked rooms, jigsaws and magic tricks."
--Mark Sanderson, The Times "A a thrilling homage to Christie's And Then There Were None, following a group of amateur sleuths on a trip to a lonely island, the site of several unsolved murders. In the opening chapter, one character remarks: "Enough gritty realism please! What mystery novels need are a great detective, a mansion, a shady cast of residents, bloody murders, impossible crimes and never-before-seen-tricks played by the murder." It's impossible not to agree."
--The Guardian "A watershed moment for a new, emerging style of mystery fiction in literature, the success of which then led to its widespread popularity in popular culture (manga, anime and films) within a decade of its publication . . . . It is a work of monumental importance for scholars and aficionados of the genre and it rightfully deserves every bit of the reputation it has earned and continues to, to this day."
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