Use your powers of logic and deduction to solve this classic honkaku puzzler--the Japanese tradition of detective fiction--in this delicious twisty murder mystery! < p/> In Osaka, dark secrets haunt a wealthy merchant family throughout the first half of the 20th century . . . < p/> In 1906, the young heir to the Omari family business climbs to the top of a Panorama and vanishes. < p/> In 1914, a fight between two mysterious figures on a bridge tragically ends with one falling to their death. < p/> In 1943, as war rages on, the once illustrious family has fallen. Both potential heirs have been drafted into war, and a string of strange and violent happenings has beset the house of Omari. < p/> Combining the classic honkaku mystery and Golden Age crime writing with the trappings of historical fiction, it's easy to see why Murder in the House of Ō mari is an award-winning sensation in Japan! Set in Semba (modern-day Osaka), this gripping murder mystery twists and turns with dark secrets, red herrings, and the turbulent history of Japan in the early 20th century.
