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1. 1. The Honjin Murders

   The Classic Japanese Locked Room Mystery

   

   "The Honjin Murders" is a captivating mystery novel set in a rural village in Japan. When a young couple is found brutally murdered on their wedding night in an isolated mansion, the local police are baffled by the lack of evidence and suspects. As the investigation unfolds, dark family secrets, hidden motives, and a series of puzzling clues emerge, leading the reader on a thrilling journey to uncover the truth behind the Honjin murders.

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2. 2. The Devil's Flute Murders

   

   A brilliant but unconventional detective is drawn into a baffling series of killings tied to an eerie flute melody and an old, buried family secret; working through false identities, elaborate alibis and a trail of hidden clues in a provincial community, he unravels a cold, carefully concealed motive and exposes the cunning perpetrator behind the murders.

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3. 3. The Village Of Eight Graves

   

   In a remote, superstitious village marked by eight mysterious graves, a series of inexplicable deaths and sinister coincidences draws an investigator into a tangle of family secrets, old vendettas, and local folklore; slowly, methodical deduction peels back layers of deception to reveal a human, calculating motive behind the eerie events.

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4. 4. Death On Gokumon Island

   

   Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news – the son of one of the island’s most important families has died, on a troop transport ship bringing him back home after the Second World War. But Kindaichi has not come merely as a messenger – with his last words, the dying man warned that his three step-sisters’ lives would now be in danger. The scruffy detective is determined to get to the bottom of this mysterious prophesy, and to protect the three women if he can.As Kosuke Kindaichi attempts to unravel the island’s secrets, a series of gruesome murders begins. He investigates, but soon finds himself in mortal danger from both the unknown killer and the clannish locals, who resent this outsider meddling in their affairs.Loosely inspired by Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, the fiendish Death on Gokumon Island is perhaps the most highly regarded of all the great Seishi Yokomizo’s classic Japanese mysteries.

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5. 5. 혼진 살인사건

   

   한적한 시골의 본진(옛 여관)에서 결혼식 당일 벌어진 잔혹하고도 불가능해 보이는 살인사건을 중심으로, 가문에 얽힌 비밀과 복수, 위장된 신분과 거짓말이 교차한다. 폐쇄된 현장의 단서들과 오래된 원한을 추적하는 독창적 탐정 수사가 진행되며, 점차 드러나는 진상은 겉모습과 달리 치밀하게 계획된 음모와 비극적 동기를 폭로한다.

6. 6. 옥문도

   

   On a remote, tightly knit island dominated by a secretive family, a string of shocking deaths reawakens whispers of an old crime and a reputed curse; an eccentric detective is brought in to probe closed-door alibis, concealed identities and tangled family loyalties, gradually peeling back layers of greed, revenge and long-buried secrets until the true motive and perpetrator are revealed.