![]() ![]() A particular element of this is the regular but purposefully vague allusions in the early chapters to the ‘nightmarish incidents which were to come’. This is a classic and very intricately plotted whodunnit, where the detective slowly works through all the options, using questions in the narrative to build tension with dramatic effect. Before long, the murders begin, and they are grisly, dramatic and laden with symbolism. ![]() When Detective Kindaichi gets a tip-off that the old man has died, and things are about to get hairy, he rushes to the picturesque lakeside village the family calls home. The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo, billed as a classic Japanese murder mystery, is a tale about a family fortune, a family feud and family secrets, revolving around the explosive, divisive and extremely complex will left by Sahei Inugami, patriarch of the Inugami Clan. ![]()
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