![]() ![]() ![]() Either way, the celebrations have gone ahead as planned, only for the wedded couple to be slashed to death in their private annex before the sun rises on their marriage. She only has an uncle representing her family, for one thing. The oldest son of an esteemed family is belatedly getting married, although the whole affair is really not as ostentatious as it might be – hardly anybody has turned up, what with it being arranged at great haste. For those who need more, here is the extra background – we're in rural Japan in the 1930s. To many readers, the phrase 'locked room murder mystery' is enough to make the book one to read preferably quantified by the words 'clever' or 'good'. Summary: A book that goes off the boil slightly from its wonderfully peculiar premise, but that still certainly can deliver for genre fans. ![]()
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