![]() The debut novel of bestselling writer Seicho Matsumoto, first published in Japan in 1958 and never out of print, is an ingeniously plotted railway mystery * Guardian * ![]() ![]() The appearance in English of Japanese crime classics such as Seicho Matsumoto's Tokyo Express is long overdue * The Sunday Times, Best Crime Books of 2023 * Matsumoto's classic status is richly deserved * Daily Mail * Now, the fascinatingly detailed investigations of Inspector Torigai echo those of Simenon's Maigret in a pared-down narrative shot through with political critique * Financial Times *Ī labyrinth of convincing alibis and false leads. This classic of postwar Japanese crime fiction was banned in its day for its 'decadent western ideas'. A gloriously complex case of a supposed double suicide that, at just 160 pages, you can whizz through in a day. ![]() Tokyo Express is an irresistible Hitchcockian gem: a fiendishly-plotted crime novel told in crisp, elegant prose - Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train ![]()
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