Death on Gokumon Island

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Detective Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news: the son of one of the island's most powerful families has died on a troop transport ship returning from the Second World War. But the dead man's final words were a desperate warning — his three half-sisters are in mortal danger. Before Kindaichi can act, the murders begin, each staged with a theatrical cruelty that echoes classical Japanese art. Loosely inspired by Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, Seishi Yokomizo's masterpiece transplants the locked-room mystery to a feudal island community where isolation breeds secrets and old grudges fester across generations. The puzzle is fiendish; the atmosphere is Gothic and uniquely Japanese. The most celebrated novel by one of Japan's greatest crime writers — a mystery that earns its reputation with every elegantly horrifying twist.