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The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)

Seishi Yokomizo,

Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

Start date: September 1, 2023

Finish date: September 30, 2023

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Why we're reading this: Next in our Scenes of Classic Crime challenge.
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Oct 24, 2022 BrokenTune rated it it was ok

2.5*

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Jan 03, 2023 Laba Deka rated it really liked it

Kindaichi reminds me so much of L from Death Note. Imagined him as L throughout the novel. Loved every bit of this.

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Jul 17, 2022 Ellen rated it really liked it

Great fun!

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Apr 13, 2022 Tahlia Fernandez rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This was my first time reading a Golden Age Mystery author from Japan. The style took a little getting used to, as did some cultural references, but the detective was personable and interesting and the solution clever. If there are more mysteries with this detective that have been translated into English, I would be very interested in reading them.

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Jul 26, 2020 Jill rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: jill-s-sixth-year-challenge

My first impression on starting to read this book, was that I was really going to like it, as the narrator was of a very friendly type. But then I had to get over the feeling that the author was giving a cheap commercial for golden age author's books, as he mentioned so many. Fortunately, I think there was only one book that he gave details of a spoiler for. I thought it was a very well thought out plot, but then others were brought into it to help and to enable a private detective to show his p ...more

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Sep 01, 2023 Sandy rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery-historical, mystery-detective-grp, series-active, z2023-settings, z2023-scenes-classic-crime, rread-2023

An interesting locked room mystery. These are not my favorite type of mystery and I have doubts that it would work but one aspect made it more likely. I intend to continue the series.

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