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Synopsis
A classic Japanese murder mystery inspired by the golden age of British crimewriting.
The lonely, rockbound island of Tsunojima is notorious as the site of a series of bloody unsolved murders. Some even say it’s haunted. One thing’s for sure: it’s the perfect destination for the K-University Mystery Club’s annual trip.
But when the first club member turns up dead, the remaining amateur sleuths realise they will need all of their murder-mystery expertise to get off the island alive.
As the party are picked off one by one, the survivors grow desperate and paranoid, turning on each other. Will anyone be able to untangle the murderer’s fiendish plan before it’s too late?
My Review
An island setting, seven people on the island, dying one by one.
Sound familiar?
Paying homage to And Then There Were None, this book keeps you on the edge of the seat when you try to work out exactly who the culprit. Is it one of them on the island? Or is it the man everyone presumed dead last year? Just who exactly is doing it and why?
This story kept me gripped and as I got towards the end, I couldn’t put it down as I so badly wanted to know exactly who had done it – and why they had done it. I had a feeling that love would be the root of it all and there were lots of different types of love featured in this book – familial love, romantic love, friendship love of friends who’ve been there for each other since childhood.
I was shocked at the reveal but it made complete sense.
Very, very impressed.
I gave this 4 out of 5 stars.
