The Inugami Curse

A wealthy family is cursed with a string of bizarre murders in this classic murder mystery from “Japan’s Agatha Christie,” starring the country’s best-loved detective (Sunday Times).

“The diabolically twisted plotting is top-notch.” —New York Times Book Review

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 bizarre, gruesome murders begins. Detective Kindaichi must unravel the clan's terrible secrets of forbidden liaisons, monstrous cruelty, and hidden identities to find the murderer, and lift the curse wreaking its bloody revenge on the Inugamis.

The Inugami Curse is a fiendish, intricately plotted classic mystery from a giant of Japanese crime writing, starring the legendary detective Kosuke Kindaichi.

Translated by Yumiko Yamakazi