The Inugami Curse (Detective Kindaichi Mysteries) by Yokomizo, Seishi - 2020

US: Pushkin Vertigo, 2020. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan's greatest crime write rs, featuring the country's best-loved detective In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami clan dies, and his family e agerly await the reading of the will. But no sooner are its strange details revealed than a series of bizarre, gruesome murders begins. Detective Kind aichi must unravel the clan's terrible secrets of forbidden liaisons, monst rous cruelty, and hidden identities to find the murderer, and lift the curs e wreaking its bloody revenge on the Inugamis. The Inugami Curse is a fiendish, intricately plotted classic mystery from a giant of Japanese crime writing, starring the legendary detective Kosuke Kindaichi.