ISBN The Village of Eight Graves book English Paperback 352 pages

The third title in Japan’s most popular murder mystery series — afterThe Honjin MurdersandThe Inugami Curse— fiendish classics featuring investigator Kosuke Kindaichi.Translated into English for the first time.

Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains,The Village of Eight Gravestakes its name from a bloody legend: in the Sixteenth Century eight samurais, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a terrible curse down upon their village.

Centuries later a mysterious young man named Tatsuya arrives in town, bringing a spate of deadly poisonings in his wake. The inimitably scruffy and brilliant Kosuke Kindaichi investigates.

Seishi Yokomizo (1902-81) was one of Japan’s most famous and best-loved mystery writers. He was born in Kobe and spent his childhood reading detective stories, before beginning to write stories of his own, the first of which was published in…