Beast in the Shadows (Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage)
By: Edogawa Rampo
3.60
Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Maigret and the Headless Corpse (English and French Edition)
By: Georges Simenon , Eileen Ellenbogen
3.83
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
A decapitated male corpse, found in a Paris canal, leads Inspector Maigret to suspect the sexually … read more
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- detective
- classics
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
"Could you tell me, Maigret, why plainclothes policemen always go around in twos, just like plumbers?"-Georges Simenon, Maigret and the Headless Corpse (English and French Edition)
"Maigret had often tried to get other people, including men of experience, to admit that those who fall, especially those who have a morbid determination to descend ever lower, are almost always ideal…"-Georges Simenon, Maigret and the Headless Corpse (English and French Edition)
"She must have been pretty once. At least, like everyone, she had been young. Now her eyes, her mouth, her whole body exuded weakness. Could it be that she was ill and waiting for her next attack? Som…"-Georges Simenon, Maigret and the Headless Corpse (English and French Edition)
2. Hell Screen
By: Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
4.20
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
"There can be no doubt that Akutagawa had more individuality than any other writer of his time and… read more
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- classics
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- japan
"He was said to have survived starvation by eating human flesh, after which he had the strength to tear out the antlers of a living stag with his bare hands."-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
"People used to say that on moonless nights Her Ladyship's broad-skirted scarlet trousers would glide eerily along the outdoor corridor, never touching the floor."-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
"I could have sworn that the man's eyes were no longer watching his daughter dying in agony, that instead the gorgeous colors of flames and the sight of a woman suffering in them were giving him joy b…"-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
"Still more horrible was the color of the flames that licked the latticed cabin vents before shooting skyward, as though - might I say? - the sun itself had crashed to earth, spewing its heavenly fire…"-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
3. The Drowning Pool
By: Ross Macdonald
3.58
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face-down in the family pool, the prime suspects are… read more
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- mystery
- detective
- crime
- fiction
4. Cotton Comes to Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #7)
By: Chester Himes
2.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Black flim-flam man Deke O'Hara is no sooner out of Atlanta's state penitentiary than he's back on … read more
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- mystery
- classics
- crime
- fiction
5. The Tattoo Murder Case
By: Akimitsu Takagi , Deborah Boliver Boehm
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered in Tokyo, her severed limbs discovered in a … read more
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- japanese literature
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- japan
6. The Ark Sakura
By: Kōbō Abe , Juliet Winters Carpenter
4.09
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
Tells of a fat hermit whose fears of a nuclear disaster lead him to build a shelter inside a mounta… read more
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7. The Night of the Hunter
By: Davis Grubb
4.34
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Inspired by serial killer Harry Powers, "The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell," who was hung in 1932 for his… read more
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8. In a Lonely Place
By: Paula Rabinowitz , Dorothy B. Hughes
3.64
Format: None pages, Paperback
Postwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside--and … read more
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9. Tokyo Express
By: Seichō Matsumoto
3.68
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
In una cala rocciosa della baia di Hakata, i corpi di un uomo e di una donna vengono rinvenuti all’… read more
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- detective
- classics
- japanese literature
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- japan
10. This is Amiko, Do You Copy?
By: Natsuko Imamura
3.63
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Other people don’t seem to understand Amiko. Whether eating curry rice with her hands at school or … read more
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- asian literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
"Every time she cried, "I love you!" the words shattered her heart without mercy."-Natsuko Imamura, This is Amiko, Do You Copy?
11. Nipponia Nippon
By: Kazushige Abe
3.31
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Il diciassettenne protagonista Haruo vive in cittadina di provincia nel nord del Giappone. È un ado… read more
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- japanese literature
- thriller
- fiction
- japan
12. Nails and Eyes
By: Kaori Fujino
3.43
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of The Memory Police, Tender is … read more
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- asian literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
"As a woman, Shoko is extremely petite, but as a heart, she is wondrously large."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"Maybe she suddenly had a deathwish, the way some people fall in love at first sight."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"There were always going to be people who loved you and people who hated you, no matter what you did, so why let anything trouble you?"-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
13. The Premonition
By: Banana Yoshimoto
3.43
Format: 133 pages, Hardcover
The internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and he… read more
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- asian literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
"I'd never known a love before that could blot out the world around like this."-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
"Later, for the first time in a very long time, I heard my aunt play the piano. Its tone was soft, and just like I remembered it. At the kitchen window one overcast afternoon, I watched its beautiful …"-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
14. Termush
By: Sven Holm
3.31
Format: 119 pages, Paperback
Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer, welcome to a luxury hotel at the end of the world in this post-apoca… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"An inspired lie could be preferred to a malignant truth."-Sven Holm, Termush
"I must ask myself whether I am not colouring what I see with my own views."-Sven Holm, Termush
"- I do have some faith in democracy, but I don't think that this vote can be regarded as a matter of course as democratic. The voters knew too little about the alternatives. - They are always Ill-inf…"-Sven Holm, Termush
15. 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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- japanese literature
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- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- japan
"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)
16. A Perfect Day to Be Alone
By: Nanae Aoyama
3.12
Format: 160 pages, ebook
It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in… read more
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- asian literature
- japanese literature
- fiction
- japan
"I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old."-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone
"Is that how it feels to you? Oh, you bet. Pain, suffering - that stuff's always scary, no matter how long you've been around."-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone
17. 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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- classics
- japanese literature
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- japan
18. 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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- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- japan
19. Beast in the Shadows (Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage)
By: Edogawa Rampo
3.60
Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition
'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Dail… read more
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- detective
- classics
- japan
- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- thriller
- novels
- crime
- mystery
20. 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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- japanese literature
- fiction
- asian literature
- thriller
- crime
- mystery
21. Cannibals
By: Shin'ya Tanaka
2.92
Format: 70 pages, Kindle Edition
During the hot, dry summer of 1988, in a forgotten neighborhood known as the riverside, seventeen-y… read more
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- japan
