{"product_id":"9781805335238","title":"The Black Swan Mystery - Tetsuya Ayukawa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE JAPANESE DETECTIVE WRITERS CLUB PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e_____\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis prize-winning railway murder mystery from Japan is a crime classic perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Seicho Matsumoto.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e_____\u003cp\u003eEarly one morning, a body is found lying next to the railway tracks just outside of Kuki Station in Saitama Prefecture, shot dead. It is identified as belonging to the owner of a local mill which is embroiled in a labour dispute. Suspicion initially falls on the workers' union, then on a new religious sect that has been gaining followers recently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChief Inspector Onitsura and his assistant Tanna are called in to investigate, and soon set off in a journey across Japan, from Tokyo to Kyoto and Osaka, and finally to the island of Kyushu, in a hunt for the killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as they investigate, the killer strikes again, and again. Will they be able to catch the murderer before even more people are slain?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tetsuya Ayukawa","offers":[{"title":"352 pages \/ 07\/11\/2024 \/ Crime \u0026 mystery","offer_id":56970985767287,"sku":"9781805335238","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781805335238_4b689877-6240-4619-a64c-44dc5a4570b9.jpg?v=1781001630","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781805335238","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}