{"product_id":"quiet-place","title":"Quiet Place","description":"\"A master crime writer . . . Seicho Matsumoto's thrillers dissect Japanese society.\"--The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A stellar psychological thriller with a surprising and immensely satisfying resolution that flows naturally from the book's complex characterizations. Readers will agree that Matsumoto (1909-1992) deserves his reputation as Japan's Georges Simenon.-Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn't totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly-spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife--who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings--ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighborhood?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Tsuneo goes to apologize to the boutique owner for the trouble caused by his wife's death he discovers the villa Tachibana near by, a house known to be a meeting place for secret lovers. As he digs deeper into his wife's recent past, he must eventually conclude that she led a double life...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeicho Matsumoto\u003c\/b\u003e was Japan's most successful thriller writer. His first detective novel, \u003ci\u003ePoints and Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, sold over a million copies in Japan. \u003ci\u003eVessel of Sand\u003c\/i\u003e, published in English as \u003ci\u003eInspector Imanishi Investigates\u003c\/i\u003e in 1989, sold over four million copies and became a movie box-office hit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bitter Lemon Press","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52227618537754,"sku":"N9781908524638","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/9462\/2234\/files\/9781908524638.jpg?v=1778906136","url":"https:\/\/honnomoribooks.com\/products\/quiet-place","provider":"Honnomori Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}