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#bookspinbingo I only gave it a so-so because I needed way more information to solve the mystery. Relevant backstory info was not revealed until confession time. I will read another mystery by this author because the Crooked House concept was fun and I liked the characters.

Catching up on my book club pick. Need to read about 50 pages to stay on schedule. Thankfully, Alabama has some beautiful weather this evening, along with my wine and comfy socks from @Charityann 50 pages will fly by.

I loved it, an outrageous plot,but Shimada pulls it off. Some bits I was able to guess, but not the ingenious locked room murder. A group of friends and colleagues meet at the unique house of Mr Hamamoto, by morning one of them is dead; the police are called, but even they can‘t prevent further attacks. Maverick investigator Kiyoshi Mitarai, with his clown like persona and intense logic guides the reader and the remaining guests to the solution

Waiting for the ortho doc in the fancy new medical offices, wearing paper shorts (as one does😆) so he can look at my knee.
This book is of a genre I knew nothing about until recently, classic Japanese locked-room mysteries. There are rules to this genre. The author has to include a list of characters, provide all the clues so that a reader could, in theory, solve the puzzle herself, and there are usually maps and/or diagrams.

This was a rather implausible mystery, but then again I have always had a low tolerance for the intricate puzzle-based locked-room mysteries. (Also, no, I am not going to be able to solve the mystery, even when challenged directly.) For those who can suspend their disbelief more than I can.

Challenge to the reader: The clues are all there. Can you solve the case?

NOPE! 😄

Fun read. The book is presented in acts & scenes with interludes & sketches of crime scenes. The culprit may be easy to guess but the ‘how‘ & ‘why‘ are challenging to solve. Cleverly crafted, it also poked fun at the Japanese society by portraying some stereotype characters. The confined setting, uncanny characters, a locked-room murder, baffled police officers, a celebrated investigator..all a nod to the Golden Age of detective fiction. 👍

According to the blurb, Soji Shimada is referred to as ‘The God of Mystery‘ in Japan, having published over 100 mystery books. Needless to say, still on the TBR!
#mysterious #fallisbooked

Birthday bookhaul. My family and friends know me! ❤

Hiya #lmpbc #groupY ! A quite random selection here - Would you have any interest in any of these?

A few firsts for me with this book, first Japanese Author, first locked room murder and I'm left with mixed feelings.
See my full review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2731532460?book_show_action=false&from_rev...