A master class in motive and character Alafair Burke A taut psychological novel about trial by public opinion and how we shape the truth now available in English for the first timeIs she a victim or a murderer?Onizuka Kumako is a fierce woman tall, beautiful, and not afraid to speak her mind. In Tokyo bars, she seduces customers and commits petty crime, using her connections to the local yakuza to get by. When she meets Shirakawa Fukutaro, a rich widower desperate for companionship and unaware of her shady past, the two hit it off and are soon married. But their newlywed bliss is suddenly cut short one rainy July evening, their car veers off course, plunges into the harbour and Fukutaro is pulled beneath the waves.Suspected of murder and labelled a femme fatale, Kumako is hounded by the press, but stays firm, repeatedly proclaiming her own innocence. As pressure from dogged journalists mounts, the tide of public opinion is rising against her. But when a scrupulous defence lawyer takes on her case, doubt begins to creep in . . .In this intricate, psychological noir, masterfully translated into English for the first time, Seicho Matsumoto draws out the hidden demons that guide our convictions, our biases and our deepest desires. Translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood

Binding: Paperback;112 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FC; Weight: 210 g; Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 11

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