Description
When a longtime friend of scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi invites him to the remote mountain village of Onikobe, he expects to revisit a long-dormant case: a murder from two decades ago that still refuses to stay buried. As Kindaichi digs into the village’s tight-knit secrets, he finds that every family connection carries its own grief, resentment, and motive—turning the investigation into a tangled web of dysfunction rather than a simple cold case. With each revelation, the story pivots, challenging what Kindaichi thinks he knows and forcing him to read between the lines of tragedy. Filled with classic Japanese mystery craft and relentless reversals, this is a haunting tale of justice delayed, truth obscured, and the human cost of the past.
Available Editions
paperback
Pushkin Press
Published Jan 1, 2024
321 pages
ISBN: 9781782278870
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Details
First Published
2024
Language
eng
Translation
From: jpn
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Little Sparrow Murders by Seishi Yokomizo.