The Red Locked Room

by Tetsuya Ayukawa, Ho-Ling Wong (Translator)

Few writers of detective fiction can match both John Dickson Carr and Freeman Wills Crofts at their own game. Included in this superb collection by Tetsuya Ayukawa, recognized as the doyen of the honkaku mystery, are four impossible crime stories and three unbreakable alibi tales. The final story “The Red Locked Room” can lay claim to be one of the finest ever written in the genre. Judge for yourself.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Short Stories, Japan, Japanese Literature, Murder Mystery, Crime

217 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2020

About the author

Tetsuya Ayukawa (鮎川 哲也 Ayukawa Tetsuya) was the pen name of a Japanese literary critic and novelist. His real name was Toru Nakagawa. He is noted for his Detective Onitsura Series of mystery stories.