Suspicion
- Author Seicho Matsumoto
- Narrator Kenichiro Thomson
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 29 May 2025
- Run Time 3 hours and 5 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Interior life, Novella (Short Novel), Psychological thriller.
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A biting psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Tokyo Express, now available in English for the first time
Onizuka Kumako is a fierce woman: tall, beautiful, and not afraid to speak her mind. In Tokyo bars, she seduces customers and commits petty crime, using her connections to the local yakuza to get by. When she meets Shirakawa Fukutaro, a rich widower desperate for companionship and unaware of her shady past, the two hit it off and are soon married. But their newlywed bliss is suddenly cut short: one rainy July evening, their car veers off course, plunges into the harbour and Fukutaro is pulled beneath the waves.
Suspected of murder and labelled a femme fatale, Kumako is hounded by the press, but stays firm, repeatedly proclaiming her own innocence. As pressure from dogged journalists mounts, the tide of public opinion is rising against her. But when a scrupulous defence lawyer takes on her case, doubt begins to creep in . . .
In this intricate, psychological noir, masterfully translated into English for the first time, Seicho Matsumoto draws out the hidden demons that guide our convictions, our biases and our deepest desires.
© Seicho Matsumoto 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
| Author | Seicho Matsumoto |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Kenichiro Thomson |
| Duration | 3 hours and 5 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781802069587 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Genre | Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Interior life, Novella (Short Novel), Psychological thriller |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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