Seishi Yokomizo

Nov 3, 2023 | outlookindia.com | Seishi Yokomizo |Anjana Basu

'The Devil's Flute Murders' by Seishi Yokomizo Translated by Jim Rion Publisher: Pushkin vertigo MRP: Rs 399/- Reading a murder mystery set in Japan and written by a Japanese author will be a first for many — though the late Seishi Yokomizo is known as the master of Japanese crime. This is the fourth of his novels but they are not all that common on bookshelves.

Jul 27, 2023 | openthemagazine.com | Richard Coles |Seishi Yokomizo |JS Fletcher |Lauren A. Forry

A DEATH IN THE PARISH by Richard Coles (Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 432 pages; ₹799) Canon Daniel Clement is back—this time on the trail of a vicious killer. In this second book of the series, the gentle Rector of Champton St Mary, a rural East Midlands parish, has to contend with a co-Vicar, Chris Biddle, a ‘hell and brimstone’ variety for whom it is either belief or eternal damnation, and nothing in-between. Not for Biddle is Clement’s easy live-and-let-live philosophy.

Jun 14, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Denise Mina |Julia Heaberlin |Nick Harkaway |Seishi Yokomizo

Andrew Yang and Stephen Marche. Akashic, $16.95 trade paper (280p) ISBN 978-1-63614-150-3Former Democratic presidential candidate Yang (The War on Normal People) teams up with novelist Marche (The Hunger of the Wolf) to craft a frighteningly plausible “what-if” scenario in this taut political thriller. Billionaire and Maverick Party presidential candidate Cooper Sherman is running on a platform that emphasizes universal basic income and ranked-choice voting.

Jun 8, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Mindy Mejia |Julia Heaberlin |Nick Harkaway |Seishi Yokomizo

Mejia (Strike Me Down) delivers her best work yet in this propulsive, intelligent page-turner. Eve Roth’s life changed forever when she lost her father to a tornado as a child. That tragedy drove her to become a physics professor at the University of Iowa, specializing in meteorological phenomena.