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The Tokyo Zodiac Murders (book)
- Author: Soji Shimada
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders is a 1981 "locked-room mystery" and the debut mystery novel of Japaneese author, Soji Shimada. In this locked-room murder, Heikichi Umezawa is the first victim in a four decade long mystery. Author Soji Shimada repeatedly lets the reader know that all the clues are there to solve the crimes. - AsNotedIn
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| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1981/00/00 | Soji Shimada | Author | "The Tokyo Zodiac Murders" is published. |
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| Particulars for The Tokyo Zodiac Murders (book): | |||
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| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Literary Genre | Honkaku | detective story sub-genre that focuses physical setting of the crime | |
| Narrative Arts | Locked Room Mystery | crime is committed where it was seemingly impossible for the perpetrator to commit the crime in the course of getting in and out of the crime scene | |
| Narrative Arts | Murder | the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another | |
| Narrative Arts | Mystery | something not understood or beyond understanding | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Art Type | Novel | long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Era | Showa Japan | Japanese history during the reign of Emperor Hirohito from 1926 to 1989 | |
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