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The Labyrinth House Murders
- Author
- Yukito Ayatsuji
- Narrator
- Kaipo Schwab
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 13 May 2025
- Run Time
- 7 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Can the brilliant Kiyoshi Shimada solve the mystery of this bizarre house before all those trapped in its labyrinth are dead? Can you guess the solution before he does?
Miyagaki Yōtarō is one of Japan's most famed mystery writers, but several years ago he put down his pen and left the Tokyo literary world for a life of seclusion in the remote Labyrinth House, built by the notorious architect Nakamura Seiji. When four of the country's most exciting up-and-coming crime writers are invited to the house for Yōtarō's birthday party, they are honored to accept. But no sooner have they arrived than they are confronted with a shocking death, then lured into a bizarre, deadly competition with each other . . .
As the competition proceeds, and murder follows murder, the brilliant Kiyoshi Shimada investigates. Can he solve the mystery of the house before all those trapped in its labyrinth are dead? And can you guess the solution before he does?
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- Author
- Yukito Ayatsuji
- Narrator
- Kaipo Schwab
- Duration
- 7 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 May 2025
- ISBN
- 9798331905903
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Synopsis
A twisty and ingenious standalone classic Japanese murder mystery from the author of The Decagon House MurdersCan the brilliant Kiyoshi Shimada solve the mystery of this bizarre house before all those trapped in its labyrinth are dead? Can you guess the solution before he does?Miyagaki Yōtarō is one of Japan's most famed mystery writers, but several years ago he put down his pen and left the Tokyo literary world for a life of seclusion in the remote Labyrinth House, built by the notorious architect Nakamura Seiji. When four of the country's most exciting up-and-coming crime writers are invited to the house for Yōtarō's birthday party, they are honored to accept. But no sooner have they arrived than they are confronted with a shocking death, then lured into a bizarre, deadly competition with each other . . .As the competition proceeds, and murder follows murder, the brilliant Kiyoshi Shimada investigates. Can he solve the mystery of the house before all those trapped in its labyrinth are dead? And can you guess the solution before he does?
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