A Game of Cat and Killer : "Think Agatha Christie with claws" A.J. Finn - Jiro Akagawa

A Game of Cat and Killer : "Think Agatha Christie with claws" A.J. Finn - Jiro Akagawa

Jiro Akagawa

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  • Pages · 320 pages, N/A
  • Publication Date · 24/09/2026
  • Genre · Crime & mystery
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"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 PerrinDetective Yoshitaro Katayama is afraid of many things: heights, dark spaces, blood and . . . women. When a young female student is found murdered, he's given two choices - review the harrowing crime-scene photographs or head to Hagoromo Women's College to investigate - and reluctantly opts for the latter. But the murders don't stop, and soon Katayama has a different surprise on his hands: a calico cat named Holmes, orphaned her owner falls victim. Surely that's the last thing Katayama needs. Until Holmes begins to display some uncanny investigative instincts of her own . . . Introducing one the most iconic investigative duos in crime fiction - a hapless detective and his capable cat - The Deductions of Mikeneko Holmes is a must for all readers of Japanese cat fiction and classic crime. Translated from the Japanese by Haydn Trowell

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