A thrillingly dark novel from Japans Agatha Christie (Sunday Times) While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasnt totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife, who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighbourhood?When Tsuneo goes to apologize to the boutique owner for the trouble caused by his wifes death he discovers the villa Tachibana near by, a house known to be a meeting place for secret lovers. As he digs deeper into his wifes recent past, he must eventually conclude that she led a double life...

Binding: Paperback;240 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FFC; Weight: 302 g; Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 16

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