Bibliograph

The village of eight graves, Seishi Yokomizo ; translated from the Japanese by Bryan Karetnyk

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The village of eight graves, Seishi Yokomizo ; translated from the Japanese by Bryan Karetnyk

Language

eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The village of eight graves

Oclc number

1240413338

Responsibility statement

Seishi Yokomizo ; translated from the Japanese by Bryan Karetnyk

Series statement

Detective Kosuke Kindaichi

Summary

Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend: in the Sixteenth Century eight samurais, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a terrible curse down upon their village. Centuries later a mysterious young man named Tatsuya arrives in town, bringing a spate of deadly poisonings in his wake. The inimitably scruffy and brilliant Kosuke Kindaichi investigates

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