A Quiet Place

Very much enjoyed A Quiet Place by Seicho Matsumoto. What starts as a mystery unravels into a plot reminisent of The Stranger or Crime and Punishment. The ending is a bit sudden and takes the book in a more comic direction. If you like those and are curious about the explosion of Japanese crime novels that’s happening at the moment I recommend checking this one out.

I’m also reading Investigator Imanishi Investigates by the same author, excited to finish it now. Seems that the author is good at laying out meandering plots that arive at unexpected psychological endings.