Publisher | Bitter Lemon Press |
ISBN 10 | 1912242249 |
Book Format | Paperback |
Book Description | On a stormy summer day the Aosawas, owners of a prominent local hospital, host a large birthday party. The occasion turns into tragedy when 17 people die from cyanide in their drinks. The only surviving links to what might have happened are a cryptic verse that could be the killer's, and the physician's bewitching blind daughter, Hisako, the only person spared injury. But the youth who emerges as the prime suspect commits suicide that October, effectively sealing his guilt while consigning his motives to mystery. The police are convinced that Hisako had a role in the crime, as are many in the town, including the author of a bestselling book about the murders written a decade after the incident, who was herself a childhood friend of Hisako' and witness to the discovery of the murders. The truth is revealed through a skilful juggling of testimony by different voices: family members, witnesses and neighbours, police investigators and of course the mesmerizing Hisako herself. |
Publication Date | 18-Feb-20 |
ISBN 13 | 9781912242245 |
Author | Riku Onda |
Language | English |
About the Author | Mads Peder Nordbo is a Danish-born author who has lived in Nuuk in Greenland for many years. He holds degrees in literature, communications and philosophy from the University of Southern Denmark and the University of Stockholm. He works in communications at the town hall in Nuuk, where he writes for the mayor of the municipality. The Girl without Skin is his crime debut; Rights have been sold in eighteen territories; Another standalone Matthew Cave novel, Cold Fear, will be published in 2020. |
Number of Pages | 346 |