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Murder in the House of Omari

Taku Ashibe
Format: Paperback
Publisher: PUSHKIN PRESS (Pushkin Vertigo)
Published: May 8, 2025
ISBN: 9781805335214
384 pages
Country of publication: United Kingdom

£9.99

Winner of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award and the Honkaku Mystery Prize.

Osaka, 1943. The Second World War rages, and American bombers rain down death upon Japan. The once prosperous Omari household, now ruined by the terrible conflict, is struck by a succession of ghastly murders.

Young trainee doctor and budding sleuth Natsuko is desperate to help her old friend, Mineko Omari, to solve the mystery and bring an end to the gruesome deaths tearing the family apart. To do so, the pair will have to delve into the Omari clan’s past, where a dark and deadly secret has been festering for decades…

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