The Master Key

A new edition of this prizewinning classic mystery from one of Japan's best-loved crime writers. The prize-winning debut mystery from one of Japan''s best-loved crime writers

The K Apartments for Ladies are occupied by over one hundred unmarried women, once young and lively, now grown and old—and in some cases, evil.

Their residence conceals a secret connecting the unsolved 1951 kidnapping of four-year-old George Kraft to the clandestine burial of a child''s body in the basement bath-house. So, when news comes that the building must be moved to make way for a road-building project, more than one tenant waits with apprehension for the grisly revelation that will follow. Then the master key is lost, stolen and re-stolen—and suddenly no-one feels safe.

Fiendish intrigue, double identity and an ingenious plot make this a thriller worthy of comparison with the work of P.D. James.

• | Author: Masako Togawa, Simon Grove
• | Publisher: Pushkin Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 02, 2021
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781782277729
• | ISBN-10: 1782277722