This book was absolutely WILD. I devoured it in two sittings, and in both times, I completely lost all sense of time and space. I don’t know what Seishi Yokomizo put in this, but it’s extremely addicting. A real page turner. Though I find some answers to the mystery a little predictable, it’s how you get to those answers that poses quite the challenge and I love it. Honestly, the Inugamis deserve their own reality show because damn their family drama is on a league of its own. There are vengeful, ever-scheming relatives; family members with familiar faces but questionable identities; and, of course, the source of all this drama—Sahei Inugami—the clan’s patriarch, renowned rags-to-riches owner of a silk empire, and most of all, resident bisexual disaster (not a spoiler, just facts from the first chapter!). And what a disaster he was. His messy past had already been an open secret in the village, but as more of his secrets come to light, another tragedy befalls the clan, like a curse unraveling after decades of dormancy. Just when you think you know what was going on, something else is revealed that completely throws you off course. Even genius detective Kosuke Kindaichi is thrown for a loop, much to his chagrin but also to our entertainment. A riveting murder mystery that is equal parts thrilling and cozy. I loved The Honjin Murders, but this is on another level entirely. I’d give anything just to read this again for the first time.

I really enjoyed this mystery, it was better than his first one (Honjin Murders), and I grew really attached to the characters.

The killer is not really that surprising, but i like the element of so many coincidences within it.

I’m not usually a murder mystery reader, but this one was great. My friend lent it to me and likened the detective to a Japanese Poirot, which I thought was quite fun 😊

A gruesome but still relatively easy read, this book encompasses all the difficulties of rich family dynamics and the SCANDALS! 

I didn’t really attest it to her, but of COURSE it was Matsuko fucking up the family! Oh dear 🥲

Giving this 4 out of 5 stars, I’d recommend it to anyone wanting a murder mystery with twists and turns ✨ Thank you!