Description: Ellery Queen's Japanese MysterY Stories by Yasutaka Tsutsui, Seicho Matsumoto Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A newspaper receives a letter from a man claiming to have been murdered - its impossible but the truth is not so simple; five strangers who share the same initials are invited to spend the night in a luxury hotel but one of them is a murderer. Publisher Description A newspaper receives a letter from a man claiming to have been murdered - its impossible but the truth is not so simple; five strangers who share the same initials are invited to spend the night in a luxury hotel but one of them is a murderer. The 12 stories in this book will lead you through dramatic twists and unexpected turns. The legendary Ellery Queen selected these stories by award-winning Japanese authors from among many thousands published in postwar Japan. Each story features an unusual crime and a complex set of clues investigated by a diverse and colorful cast of characters that includes a calculating inspector, a tenacious journalist, and a determined scientist. The stories include:Perfectly Lovely Ladies by Kawabata Award winner Yasutaka Tsutsui: Eight women fight the high cost of living using violent means but will they get away with murderThe Cooperative Defendant by Akutagawa Prize winner Seicho Matsumoto: After a man confesses to a killing, he retracts his confession and accuses the detectives of coercion. But who is right?Devil of a Boy by Edogawa Rampo Prize winner Seiichi Morimura: A schoolboy may still be very young but he is as sinister as the most hardened of criminals...or is someone else involved? The Kindly Blackmailer by Mystery Writers of Japan Award winner Kyotaro Nishimura: A man involved in a fatal hit-and-run is blackmailed by a mysterious witness. Who is this enigmatic stranger? Author Biography Ellery Queen was the pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee, two cousins from Brooklyn who became Americas most successful authors of crime and detective fiction in the 1930s and 1940s. It is also the name of the celebrated character they created. From 1929 to 1971, Dannay and Lee published 36 novels under the Ellery Queen name, establishing the pair as the leading detective writers of the genres golden age. They also collected stories and published several anthologies of detective fiction by other writers, including this one. Satoru Saito is Associate Professor of Japanese Literature at Rutgers University. His areas of interest and specialization include modern and contemporary Japanese literature, Japanese film, and Japanese popular culture. He has published articles on Edogawa Ranpo and Tsubouchi Shoyo and the book Detective Fiction and the Rise of the Japanese Novel, 1880-1930 which explores the critical role detective fiction played in the formation of modern Japanese literature. Details ISBN 4805315520 ISBN-13 9784805315521 Title Ellery Queen's Japanese MysterY Stories Author Yasutaka Tsutsui, Seicho Matsumoto Format Hardcover Year 2020 Pages 288 Publisher Tuttle Shokai Inc GE_Item_ID:129141923; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book Title: Ellery Queen's Japanese Mystery Stories : from Japan's Greatest Detective and Crime Writers
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 1.2 in
Topic: Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, Crime, Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime, Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 16.2 Oz
Author: Yasutaka Tsutsui, Seicho Matsumoto
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Hardcover
