The Village of Eight Graves
The 3rd stand-alone in Japan's most popular murder mystery series—after The Honjin Murders and The Inugami Curse—is another fiendish classic featuring investigator Kosuke Kindaichi
Translated into English for the first time
Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend: in the Sixteenth Century eight samurais, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a terrible curse down upon their village.
Centuries later a mysterious young man named Tatsuya arrives in town, bringing a spate of deadly poisonings in his wake. The inimitably scruffy and brilliant Kosuke Kindaichi investigates.
Yokomizo is perhaps the most…