![]() ![]() Little do they realise that, soon, they will be in that very same situation, trapped on an island with no means of escape. ‘ What mystery novels need,’ he argues, ‘are… a great detective, a mansion, a shady cast of residents, bloody murders, impossible crimes and never-before-seen tricks played by the murderer.’ Best of all is the ‘ chalet in a snowstorm‘ model, where characters are cut off from the outside world. It doesn’t allow enough scope for deduction, one of them complains. As a local fishermen ferries them out, they discuss the problem with modern crime fiction. They believe, as members of the K-University Mystery Club, that they might just have the deductive skills to solve the crime. Seven students head off to spend a week on a remote island, intrigued by a tragic murder committed there six months before. Clearly I only had to wait for the right book, because Yukito Ayatsuji’s cult mystery novel has had me absolutely hooked. Only a few days ago, I wrote about finding it difficult to engage with Japanese fiction. ![]()
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