The Black Swan Mystery, Tetsuya Ayukawa
The Black Swan Mystery, Tetsuya Ayukawa
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The Black Swan Mystery

Author: Tetsuya Ayukawa, Bryan Karetnyk

Narrator: Brian Nishii

Unabridged: 10 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/27/2025


Synopsis

Early one morning, a body is found lying next to the railway tracks just outside of Kuki Station in Saitama Prefecture, shot dead. It is identified as belonging to the owner of a local mill which is embroiled in a labour dispute. Suspicion initially falls on the workers' union, then on a new religious sect that has been gaining followers recently.Chief Inspector Onitsura and his assistant Tanna are called in to investigate, and soon set off in a journey across Japan, from Tokyo to Kyoto and Osaka, and finally to the island of Kyushu, in a hunt for the killer.But as they investigate, the killer strikes again, and again. Will they be able to catch the murderer before even more people are slain?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bella Azam on March 01, 2025

Tetsuya Ayukawa's spin on the classics murder mystery by combining all of the elements that is a surefire to a good mystery - trains, decoys, mysterious murders & poison. When a president of a local mill involved in the tense battle with the labor union strike was found dead on a railway track with......more

Goodreads review by Saoirse on March 21, 2025

My mind is reeling from the revealation. Top notch Japanese thriller.......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn on October 30, 2024

3.5 ale tak szczerze to o chuj chodzi japońskim pisarzom kryminałów z tymi pociągami 😭......more

Goodreads review by Jon on June 02, 2025

se sentia un poco sisifo......more