7 Top murder mystery books like The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

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The Noh Mask Murder

By: Akimitsu Takagi

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A bewildering locked-room murder occurs as an amateur crime writer investigates strange events in t…

If you liked the murder mystery plot in The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada, Shika MacKenzie, Ross MacKenzie

1. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

By: Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Astrologer, fortuneteller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must in one week solve a myste… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"Art is not to copy the work of another; real art exists only in difference."

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

"I'm a huge fan of mysteries; in fact, they're almost an addiction. If a week goes by without reading a mystery, I suffer withdrawal symptoms. Then I wander around like I'm sleepwalking and wake up in…"

-Sōji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

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2. Inspector Imanishi Investigates

By: Seichō Matsumoto , Beth Cary

4.08

Format: 234 pages,

In a police procedural by Japan's foremost master of mystery, Inspector Imanishi Eitaro, a typicall… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan

3. The Master Key

By: Masako Togawa , None

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Fans of P.D. James, Robert Barnard and other literate writers in the genre will welcome US publicat… read more

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4. The Lady Vanishes

By: Ethel Lina White

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE WORLD-FAMOUS SUSPENSE NOVEL FROM WHICH ALFRED HITCHCOCK CREATED HIS MOVIE MASTERPIECE, REDISCOV… read more

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Cover of The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2) by Seishi Yokomizo

5. The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.87

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan’s greatest crime writers. In 1940s Japan, t… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"Detective you have to arrest her. You have to arrest her and put her to death. Not just the regular death penalty - that's not good enough for her. I want her to hang by her heels, rip her to shreds,…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)

Cover of Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4) by Seishi Yokomizo

6. Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news – the son of one of the i… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
"Poverty is the mother of crime. If people are poor, they lose all sense of shame, and behave appallingly."

-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

"Mảnh trăng lưỡi liềm mùng mười còn treo trên sườn núi Suribachi, bầu trời lấp lánh muôn ánh sao. Sông Ngân kéo chiếc đuôi dài thượt ngang qua, có thể thấy thấp thoáng quầng sáng trắng sữa. Đảo Ngục M…"

-Seishi Yokomizo, Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

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7. The Mantis

By: Kōtarō Isaka

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train and Three Assassins, a propulsive new t… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2) by Yukito Ayatsuji

8. The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

By: Yukito Ayatsuji

3.62

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Ever since a horrific car accident, Fujinuma Kiichi has lived a reclusive existence in the remote M… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • japanese literature
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"A cold death mask worn by a living man."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"It sounded like the beating heart of the house."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"In the gloomy darkness, I revealed my accursed face."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

"He cursed the storm that had upset his peaceful life."

-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)

Cover of The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) by Keigo Higashino

9. The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4)

By: Keigo Higashino

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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Cover of The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5) by Seishi Yokomizo

10. The Devil's Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #5)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.89

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

An ingenious and highly atmospheric classic whodunit from Japan’s master of crime. Amid the rubb… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
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  • japan
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11. A Woman of Pleasure

By: Kiyoko Murata

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs th… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • japan
  • japanese literature
  • adult
Cover of The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3) by Seishi Yokomizo

12. The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

3.83

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

The third title in Japan’s most popular murder mystery series — after The Honjin Murders and The In… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • japanese literature
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  • japan
"The only person who had not touched the pickles was me! I never did like pickles..."

-Seishi Yokomizo, The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)

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13. Agenzia A

By: Seichō Matsumoto

3.77

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

Teiko e Kenichi Uhara, manager in un'agenzia pubblicitaria, si sono appena sposati. Subito dopo la … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

14. The Noh Mask Murder

By: Akimitsu Takagi

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A bewildering locked-room murder occurs as an amateur crime writer investigates strange events in t… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • adult
  • japan
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • japanese literature
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
Cover of Harlequin Butterfly by Toh EnJoe

15. Harlequin Butterfly

By: Toh EnJoe

3.37

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

A surreal novella about the global pursuit of a mysterious writer who somehow writes in dozens of l… read more

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  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • japan
Cover of Mysterious Setting by Kazushige Abe

16. Mysterious Setting

By: Kazushige Abe

3.58

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

A madcap, darkly comic novel about the strange fate of a tone-deaf girl who just wants to sing, fro… read more

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  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • japan
Cover of Murder in the Crooked House (Kiyoshi Mitarai, #2) by Sōji Shimada

17. Murder in the Crooked House (Kiyoshi Mitarai, #2)

By: Sōji Shimada

3.55

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

The Crooked House sits on a snowbound cliff at the remote northern tip of Japan. A curious place to… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6) by Seishi Yokomizo

18. The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6)

By: Seishi Yokomizo

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An old friend of Kosuke Kindaichi's invites the scruffy detective to visit the remote mountain vill… read more

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  • murder mystery
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • japan
Cover of The Meiji Guillotine Murders by Fūtarō Yamada

19. The Meiji Guillotine Murders

By: Fūtarō Yamada

3.34

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

A classic Japanese mystery – a pair of sleuths investigate a series of bloody murders in 19th centu… read more

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  • murder mystery
  • historical
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
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  • japan
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20. The Third Love

By: Hiromi Kawakami

3.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Having married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship that has … read more

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  • japan
  • historical
  • fiction
  • japanese literature
Cover of The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre by Cho yeeun

21. The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre

By: Cho yeeun

3.51

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

At New Seoul Park, Korea’s greatest theme park, an enigmatic man tempts visitors with a mysterious … read more

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  • thriller
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"I couldn't help but feel empty inside as I thought about all the moments of my life fading away like that. What was I, after all, if all the memories that made me up were gone?"

-Cho yeeun, The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre

19 Top fiction books like The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

Transform Your Habits

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Inspector Imanishi Investigates

Seichō Matsumoto , Beth Cary

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)

Seishi Yokomizo

3.87

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Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #4)

Seishi Yokomizo

3.79

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20 best-selling fiction books like The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6) by Seishi Yokomizo

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The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

Sōji Shimada , Shika MacKenzie , Ross MacKenzie

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Decagon House Murders

Yukito Ayatsuji , Sōji Shimada , Ho-Ling Wong

2.50

Transform Your Habits

Inspector Imanishi Investigates

Seichō Matsumoto , Beth Cary

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Tattoo Murder Case

Akimitsu Takagi , Deborah Boliver Boehm

3.96

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