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Soji Shimada
Birth date: October 12, 1948
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Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it 5 years ago
Kozaburo Hamamoto, a rich businessman, invites several guests to stay at the Ice Floe Mansion, his eccentric creation, during the Christmas of 1983. The mansion consists of a main building with a confusing layout and very slightly sloping floors, as well as a tower modeled after the Leaning Tower of...
Lillelara
Lillelara rated it 5 years ago
First off, a big applause for the architect who has constructed the Ice Floe Mansion. [Source] Even though the whole crooked house theme has been a bit over the top, I enjoyed the setting of the novel. And the rest of the novel was an enjoyable read, too. The story has been completely unrealist...
Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 5 years ago
Have to say that in the end I was disappointed. You tell me that this book is a homage to "And Then There Were None" and it ends up just being kind of a mess with an ending that was nothing like that book. It didn't help that Ayatsuji had some of the book following two other characters so you don't ...
Familiar Diversions
Familiar Diversions rated it 7 years ago
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders starts off with a “last will and testament” written by Heikichi Umezawa in 1936. In this document, he detailed his belief that he is possessed and how he came to the realization that killing six of his daughters and nieces would solve his problems. Using their zodiac signs a...
Ani's Book Abyss
Ani's Book Abyss rated it 7 years ago
The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly multiple murder the year before. Predictably, they get picked off one by one by an unseen murderer. Is there a madman on the loose? What connection is ...
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