Description: "Miyagaki YÅtarÅ is one of Japan's most famed mystery writers, but several years ago he put down his pen and left the Tokyo literary world for a life of seclusion in the remote Labyrinth House, built by the notorious architect Nakamura Seiji. When four of the country's most exciting up-and-coming crime writers are invited to the house for YÅtarÅ's birthday party, they are honored to accept. But no sooner have they arrived than they are confronted with a shocking death, then lured into a bizarre, deadly competition with each other...As the competition proceeds, and murder follows murder, the brilliant Kiyoshi Shimada investigates. Can he solve the mystery of the house before all those trapped in its labyrinth are dead? And can you guess the solution before he does?"--
Review Quotes: "This is a fun and clever mystery that works well as a standalone, though three additional books exist in the series for those interested. Fans of locked room mysteries will enjoy this unique take."
--Booklist
--Book Riot "A clever postmodern locked room mystery [which] owes more than a small debt to Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. But Ayatsuji does Christie one better... A multilayered fictional trap"
--Toronto Star "A fascinating, deftly crafted, and simply riveting read from cover to cover. Of special interest for readers of psychological thrillers and puzzle solving 'whodunnit' murder mysteries"
--Midwest Book Review