A thrillingly dark novel from 'Japan's Agatha Christie' (Sunday Times)
While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn't totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife, who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighbourhood?
When Tsuneo goes to apologize to the boutique owner for the trouble caused by his wife's death he discovers the villa Tachibana near by, a house known to be a meeting place for secret lovers. As he digs deeper into his wife's recent past, he must eventually conclude that she led a double life...
| ISBN: | 9780241744208 |
| Publication date: | 7th August 2025 |
| Author: | Seicho Matsumoto |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 231 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic crime and mystery fiction Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives Psychological thriller Narrative theme: Love and relationships Fiction in translation |
A thrillingly dark novel from 'Japan's Agatha Christie' (Sunday Times)
While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn't totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife, who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighbourhood?
When Tsuneo goes to apologize to the boutique owner for the trouble caused by his wife's death he discovers the villa Tachibana near by, a house known to be a meeting place for secret lovers. As he digs deeper into his wife's recent past, he must eventually conclude that she led a double life...
A Quiet Place features in the following genres: Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Psychological thriller, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Fiction in translation
A Quiet Place is available in Paperback
A Quiet Place was written by Seicho Matsumoto and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
A Quiet Place has 231 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
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