House of crooked walls. Simada S.

Japan, Christmas 1983. The rich industrialist Kojaburo Hamamoto gathered in his mansion of friends and acquaintances. The guests are struck by his house - a bizarre structure with many rooms, inclined floors and it is not clear where the leading stairs, with a “falling” high tower resembling Pisan. All of them admire the fantasy of the owner and are preparing to meet Christmas fun.

But their expectations are not destined to come true. Because in Christmas Eve in the house there is a murder. From a stab, a driver of one of the invited dies with a knife. Urgently called the police in complete confusion. After all, the murder was impossible to commit - all the circumstances and conditions against this. Yes, and no one has a motive...

while the inspector with the assistants racks their heads, and the guests are in prostration, a second murder takes place in the house, even more incredible. Having contacted the superiors, stunned police officers learn that a person who is able to find a criminal is going to them. That this is an astrologer and fortuneteller from Tokyo Kiyoshi Mitarai. And that only he is able to figure out this breathtaking puzzle...

you will have all the necessary keys. But can you find a guess before the detectives do it? It was he who created Honkaku-Detective-a new genre, so popular in the country of the rising sun. The detective, in which the reader is offered an honest intellectual game: to reveal the matter before the main character does.

Suji was the first to unite European classics with Japanese exotic, rationalism with mysticism. His great detective is not just a man of sharp mind and brilliant analytical abilities, like Sherlock Holmes, Erkul Poiro and Niro Wulf, but also an astrologer and predictor of fate.

Roman Suji belongs to the category of “Must Read” for each respect Japanophila himself - it is literally saturated with interesting information about the history, culture and geography of Japan of the pre -war period.

translation from the Japanese language.