The Decagon House Murders
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The Decagon House Murders

by Yukito Ayatsuji

1987•Mystery•228 pages

Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimefresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricateenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemsrescue/escape/jeopardyinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeA smart mystery that is small-scale, original and morally murky. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

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4.0 / 5

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About This Book

Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly multiple murder the year before. Predictably, they get picked off one by one by an unseen murderer. Is there a madman on the loose? What connection is there to the earlier murders? The answer is a bombshell revelation which few readers will see coming.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

MysteryDetectiveCrimeSolving the riddle/not as it seemsRescue/escape/jeopardyInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

College studentsMurderJapan

Details

Author
Yukito Ayatsuji
Published
1987
Pages
228
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