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A biting psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Tokyo Express, now * available in English for the first time
Onizuka Kumako is a fierce woman: tall, beautiful, and not afraid to speak her mind. In Tokyo bars, she seduces customers and commits petty crime, using her connections to the local yakuza to get by. When she meets Shirakawa Fukutaro, a rich widower desperate for companionship and unaware of her shady past, the two hit * it off and are soon married. But their newlywed bliss is suddenly cut short: one rainy July evening, their car veers off course, plunges into the harbour and Fukutaro is pulled beneath the waves.
Suspected of murder and labelled a femme fatale, Kumako is hounded by the press, but stays firm, repeatedly proclaiming her own innocence. As pressure from dogged journalists mounts, the tide of public opinion is rising against her. But when a scrupulous defence lawyer takes on her case, doubt begins to creep in . . .
In this intricate, psychological noir, masterfully translated into English for the first time, Seicho Matsumoto draws out the hidden demons that guide our convictions, our biases and our deepest desires.
ASIN : B0DFN38NVW
Publisher : Penguin
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : 29 May 2025
Language : English
File size : 574 KB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 98 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1802069242
Page Flip : Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: 253,010 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) 2,284 in Fiction Classics (Books) 3,311 in Psychological Thrillers (Books) 3,793 in Noir Crime
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