Death on Gokumon Island

Ever since I have started reading Seishi Yokomizo, I have fallen in love with his writing, the character Kosuke Kindaichi and the twisted plots.All the books are sure to blow your mind and each story is unique.If you are a lover of suspence and thriller, don't miss out on the books written by Seishi. You are sure to fall in love with them.

Without giving away much, this murder mystery is a mixed bag, deaths start too late but once they to they don't stop, so not a lot of time for user to form suspicions. But nevertheless a good ending and satisfying revelations.

I didn't like this book as much as the author's other books. For one, the solution was too convoluted. Secondly, it wasn't believable.

If you appreciate the classic haiku and Japanese Kabuke, you will love this horror mystery. The rain falls--death haunts the island.

This is my third book by Yokomizo. Very interesting murder mystery, and great way to learn more about Japan post-WW2.

A name to add to your reliable buy list. Fascinating insight into Japanese culture, and so far I've enjoyed every one that I've read.

I just discovered this author and bought all four books available and they were fantastic! An eccentric detective, gruesome crimes and diabolical criminals make mesmerizing stories! If there were more translated to English, I would get them all. Engrossing and highly recommended!!!

This novel takes place just after World War II, when the Japanese army is being demobilized and the soldiers sent home. The setting is a tiny, strange fishing land populated by the descendants of pirates and criminals exiled here in the Edo period.The protagonist is Kosuke Kindaichi, an eccentric private eye that we’ve met in earlier mysteries by Seishi Yokomizo. He's a scruffy figure, carelessly dressed. He stutters under stress and when perplexed scratches at his unruly mop of hair.There are four murders in this book, three of them bizarrely staged. And there’s a plethora of intriguing characters — a chatty barber, a powerful priest, a caged lunatic, a runaway pirate, a drunken herbal doctor, beautiful women, rough and ready fishermen etc. Kindaichi is at his wits end trying to solve the murders. A series of haiku poems are his best clues...I found the motive for these murders a bit hard to credit. But Japanese mysteries tend to be odd. In any case, the creepy little island is a great setting. And Kindaichi is very likable.