A quiet place /

A quiet place /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Matsumoto, Seichō, 1909-1992, author.
Uniform title:	Kikanakatta basho. English
Imprint:	London : Bitter Lemon Press, 2016. ©2016
Description:	235 pages ; 20 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction. Wives -- Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Detective and mystery stories. Murder -- Investigation. Wives. Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10869140

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Other authors / contributors:	Kawai, Louise Heal, translator.
ISBN:	1908524634 9781908524638 9781908524645
Notes:	"First published in Japanese as Kikanakatta Basho by Kadokawa Corporation, Tokyo, 1975" -- Title page verso. "Bitter Lemon Press crime paperback original" -- Page 4 of cover. Translated from the Japanese.
Summary:	While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition, so the news of her death wasn't totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise leave Tsuneo perplexed. How did it come about that his wife, who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings, ended up dead in a small shop in a quiet residential Tokyo neighborhood? When Tsuneo goes to apologize to the boutique owner for the trouble caused by his wife's death, he discovers the Hotel Tachibana nearby, a shady establishment known as a rendezvous for secret lovers. As he digs deeper into his wife's recent past, he must eventually conclude that she led a double life.

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Summary:	While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn't totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly-spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife - who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings - ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighbourhood?
Item Description:	"First published in Japanese as Kikanakatta Basho by Kadokawa Corporation, Tokyo, 1975" -- Title page verso. "Bitter Lemon Press crime paperback original" -- Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:	235 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:	1908524634 9781908524638 9781908524645