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My grandfather, the master detective / Masateru Konishi ; translated by Louise Heal Kawai.
Van Pelt Library PL856.I856 M9413 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Konishi, Masateru, 1965- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Meitantei no mama de ite English
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Older men--Fiction.
- Older men.
- Dementia--Patients--Fiction.
- Dementia.
- Grandparent and child--Fiction.
- Grandparent and child.
- Grandfathers--Fiction.
- Grandfathers.
- Women teachers--Japan--Fiction.
- Women teachers.
- Criminal investigation--Japan--Fiction.
- Criminal investigation.
- Japan--Fiction.
- Japan.
- Fiction.
- fiction (general genre).
- Genre:
- Cozy mystery stories.
- Novels
- Translations
- Mystery fiction.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Cozy mysteries.
- Physical Description:
- 328 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2025]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Japanese.
- Summary:
- "A Japanese Thursday Murder Club, taking healing fiction for a mystery-filled spin. He's not your average Grandpa. As a lover of classic crime stories, it's no surprise that schoolteacher Kaede encounters everyday mysteries more often than your typical twenty-seven-year-old. Solving them is another matter, though. For that, she turns to her beloved grandfather, who retains a keen sharpness of mind despite his dementia, and who was once a key member of The Waseda Mystery Club. From impossible locked room murders to confounding missing persons cases, the grandfather-granddaughter duo 'weave' stories to get to the bottom of every mystery. But all the while, an insidious shadow from Kaede's past slowly closes in on her . . . Steeped in references to classic crime from Christie to Chesterton to Poe, this Tokyo-set escapist mystery will capture your imagination." -- from dust jacket.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Japanese as Meitantei no mama de ite Vol. 1 by Takarajimasha Inc., in Tokyo in 2023." -- title page verso.
- "English translation first published in the United Kingdom by Mantle, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, in 2025." -- title page verso."
- ISBN:
- 9798217177639
- 9781035037698
- 1035037696
- 8217177631
- 9788217177630
- 8217177635
- OCLC:
- 1579077465
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