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Bird In A Cage by Frederic Dard
$23.00 NZD
Category: Classic Crime | Series: Pushkin Vertigo Ser.
She seems alone and defenceless when he speaks to her in the busy brasserie, all decked out for Christmas Eve. When she invites him back to her apartment, he can't believe his luck. Later, when her husband's body lies dead at the foot of the Christmas tree he realises his nightmare is only beginning...T ...Show more
Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada; Reid Sterling (Translator)
$24.00 NZD
Category: Classic Crime | Series: Pushkin Vertigo Ser.
By the author of the acclaimed Tokyo Zodiac Murders - a fiendish locked room mystery from the Japanese master of the genre.The Crooked House sits on a snowbound cliff overlooking icy seas at the remote northern tip of Japan. A curious place for the millionaire Kozaburo Hamamoto to build a house, but eve ...Show more
The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Crime/Mystery | Series: Pushkin Vertigo Ser.
A hugely enjoyable, page-turning murder mystery with one of the best and most-satisfying conclusions you'll ever read: clever enough that you're unlikely to guess it, but simple enough that you'll kick yourself when it's revealed. That's what has made it a classic in Japan, and what readers of this firs ...Show more
The Disappearance of Signora Giulia by Piero Chiara
$23.00 NZD
Category: General Crime/Mystery | Series: Pushkin Vertigo Ser.
Every Thursday for three years, Signora Giulia takes the train to Milan to visit her daughter. But one Thursday she simply disappears. And the case is left in your hands. You're a born detective, but you have so many unanswered questions - how can a young, beautiful high society woman just vanish into t ...Show more
The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo; Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)
$25.00 NZD
Category: True Crime | Series: Pushkin Vertigo Ser.
One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translated into English for the first time In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But amid the gossip over the a ...Show more
The Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths by Olivier Barde-Cabucon; Louise Lalaurie Rogers (Translator)
$23.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: Pushkin Vertigo Ser.
Fans of Abir Mukherjee and Sarah Waters will love this gloriously macabre romp racing through the glitzy Versailles Palace by way of the shady criminal underworld of Paris on the brink of the revolution.
The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Crime/Mystery | Series: Pushkin Vertigo Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan's greatest crime writers, featuring the country's best-loved detective. In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami clan dies, and his family eagerly await the reading of the will. But no sooner are its strange details revealed than a series of b ...Show more
The Meiji Guillotine Murders by Futaro Yamada
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Crime/Mystery | Series: Pushkin Vertigo Ser.
A classic Japanese mystery - a pair of sleuths investigate a series of bloody murders in 19th century TokyoJapan, 1869. A time of reform and rebellion.Detectives Kazuki and Kawaji are assigned to investigate a series of seemingly impossible murders. Together with the help of a mysterious shrine maiden, ...Show more
The Mill House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Crime/Mystery | Series: Pushkin Vertigo Ser.
A hugely enjoyable, page-turning classic Japanese mystery with an ingenious conclusion from the author of The Decagon House Murders, translated into English for the first timeDon't miss this beautifully constructed, highly entertaining and atmospheric murder mystery--its propulsive plot makes for a comp ...Show more
The Old Man in The Corner: The Teahouse Detective by Emmuska Orczy
$22.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Pushkin Vertigo Ser.
A classic collection of mysteries from the Golden Age of British crime writing, by the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Mysteries There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation. So says a rather down-at-heel elderly gentl ...Show more
The Teahouse Detective - The Case of Miss Elliott by Emmuska Orczy
$22.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Pushkin Vertigo Ser.
A classic collection of mysteries from the Golden Age of British crime writing, by the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Mysteries There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation. So says a rather down-at-heel elder ...Show more
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Crime/Mystery | Series: Pushkin Vertigo Ser.
Japan, 1936. An old eccentric artist living with seven women has been found dead- in a room locked from the inside. His diaries reveal alchemy, astrology and a complicated plan to kill all seven women. Shortly afterwards, the plan is carried out: the women are found dismembered and buried across rural J ...Show more