CONTINUATION OF THE CULT INTELLECTUAL PUZZLE «TOKYO ZODIAC».
A UNIQUE PUZZLE WITH A TREE — A SERIAL KILLER.
It's hard to imagine something more nightmarish and frightening than what happened in the autumn of 1984. This horrific incident on Dark Hill in Yokohama shocked all of Japan…
In the vicinity of Yokohama, on Dark Hill Kurayami, there stands an ancient tree — a camphor laurel. Once there was a prison where criminals were frequently executed. Locals say that this land is so soaked in blood that the ancient laurel was nurtured by death itself — and became… a man-eater. They can tell a chilling story about how 40 years ago, in its crown, the severely mutilated body of a little girl was found. And from inside the tree, sometimes screams and cries are heard… This place is referred to as cursed by the people.
…When the detective and seer Kiyoshi Mitarai read in the newspaper that the body of a man had been found near the laurel under extremely strange circumstances, he immediately took up the investigation. After all, he had never encountered such a strange case in his practice. His friend, writer and artist Kazumi Isioka, doubts its success. How can one solve a crime involving supernatural forces? However, Mitarai believes in himself — and in his method…
«The God of Puzzles» — this is how Soji Shimada is known in Japan.
The holder of the No. 1 literary award in Japan — «Japanese Detective Literature».
Member of the elite group of Japanese writers Red Circle Authors.
Several tens of millions of books sold in Asia alone.
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«The great Soji Shimada literally invented an entire subgenre of "logical puzzles"...» — The Guardian
«Shimada knows how to combine completely fantastic crimes with logical and transparent solutions to these puzzles — and he can lead the most perceptive reader into a dead end». — Publishers Weekly
