Books like 本陣殺人事件 by Seishi Yokomizo

Agatha Christie’s collection of short mysteries featuring Miss Jane Marple, where a circle of guests attempts to solve unsolved crimes before the narrator reveals the solution.

Edgar Allan Poe’s 1841 detective tale in which Parisian sleuth C. Auguste Dupin uncovers the truth behind the double murder on Rue Morgue.

When singer Joanna Rand returns to Japan after a decade, haunting dreams and a stolen senator’s daughter’s photograph compel detective Alex Hunter to confront a buried secret that threatens both of their lives.

Fuminori Nakamura’s novel follows Toru Narazaki as he searches for his missing girlfriend and infiltrates a Tokyo cult, uncovering the psychological pull of extremism and the hidden violence that lies beneath charismatic gatherings.

A university mystery club's excursion to a murder‑ridden island unravels with a lone killer stalking them—revealing a twist few can foresee.

In 17th‑century Japan, a shogun’s concubine is murdered by a poisoned tattoo ink. Inspector Sano Ichiro probes the crime and uncovers a web of power, intrigue, and forbidden passion within the shogun’s harem.

A master ninja and a Jesuit priest race against time in sixteenth‑century Japan to prevent a wrongful execution by solving a samurai’s murder amid a web of suspects.

Physicist‑turned‑detective Manabu Yukawa, known as "Detective Galileo," investigates a mysterious murder in the distressed seaside town of Hari Cove, where an underwater mining plan fuels both hope and conflict.

Samurai Matsuyama Kaze races through 17th‑century Edo to rescue a lord’s missing daughter trafficked into child prostitution, all while a manhunt targets him as the shogun’s would‑be assassin.

Rei Shimura, a Japanese-American antique dealer, is assigned to find and authenticate a lost ancient pitcher, but her investigation takes a deadly turn when a devastating typhoon hits Tokyo.

**What's the reason behind this sequence of grotesque and bloody murders and who is the ghastly murderer? These are the riddles that ace private eye Kosuke Kindaichi has to solve** >This is the first English translation of Yokomizo's haunting tale of murder and suspense, which began a series of over 80 books, famous in Japan, featuring the popular detective, Kosuke Kindaichi. His disorderly character and eccentric habits conceal razor-sharp deduction skills. In mid-1940s Japan, Sahei Inugami, wealthy head of the Inugami Group and "Silk King of Japan", dies in his lakeside villa at the venerable age of 81. In his youth, Sahei was rescued from poverty and an early death by a Shinto priest. However, upon Sahei's death, his debt of gratitude to the priest unleashes a bitter curse, triggering a chain of gruesome and bizarre murders as the members of the Inugami family are pitted against each other in a desperate contest for his fortune. Discovering the Inugami Clan's terrible secrets of forbidden liaisons, monstrous cruelty, and disguised identities, Kindaichi must unravel the complex web of human relationships and passions that lie behind the murders.

In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them. Set again in the beloved Japanese bookshop and nearby coffee shop in the Jimbocho neighborhood of Toyko, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop deepens the relationship between Takako, her uncle Satoru , and the people in their lives. A new cast of heartwarming regulars have appeared in the shop, including an old man who wears the same ragged mouse-colored sweater and another who collects books solely for the official stamps with the author’s personal seal. Satoshi Yagisawa illuminates the everyday relationships between people that are forged and grown through a shared love of books. As time passes, Satoru, with Takako’s help, must choose whether to keep the bookshop open or shutter its doors forever. Making the decision will take uncle and niece on an emotional journey back to their family’s roots and remind them again what a bookstore can mean to an individual, a neighborhood, and a whole culture. original title: 森崎書店の日々 (Morisaki shoten no hibi)