{"product_id":"9781529997286","title":"Murder at Lake Ashinoko","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Shizuko Natsuki \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic crime\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 12 November 2026 by Cornerstone (Hutchinson Heinemann) in the United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e214 x 135 x 28 | 328g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA CLASSIC MYSTERY FROM JAPAN'S QUEEN OF CRIMETHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MURDER AT MOUNT FUJIAt an elegant hotel on a stormy night, travelling businessman Kohei Daigo meets a shadowy yet captivating woman, Fumiko. Their faces obscured in the darkness, they pass the hours by talking. Until the night takes an unexpected turn, and the strangers make a confession. They both have good reason to want someone dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey fantasise about the perfect murder: each one enacting cold-blooded revenge on the other’s enemy, with nothing to tie them to the crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the light of day, Daigo resolves to put the unsettling night behind him. But back home in Fukuoka, he soon receives news of a tragic accident. To his horror, it appears that Fumiko has followed through on her side of their deadly bargain – and now it’s his turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrimming with atmosphere, and with a dark, twisty mystery at its heart, Murder at Lake Ashinoko is the perfect, nostalgic, rediscovered novel for fans of Japanese translated fiction and classic crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***Praise for Shizuko Natsuki'THE AGATHA CHRISTIE OF JAPAN' MURDER \u0026amp; MAYHEM'A TREAT . . . A REDISCOVERED CLASSIC FOR US ALL TO ENJOY' THE TIMES'FULL OF UNEXPECTED TWISTS, A PERFECT MYSTERY FOR A CHILLY NIGHT' READER REVIEW'AN UNDISPUTED CLASSIC' READER REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57730561376631,"sku":"9781529997286","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781529997286.jpg?v=1794310375","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781529997286","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}