Suspicion

Seicho Matsumoto

Onizuka Kumako is a fierce woman: tall, beautiful, and not afraid to speak her mind. In Tokyo bars, she seduces customers and commits petty crime, using her connections to the local yakuza to get by. When she meets Shirakawa Fukutaro, a rich widower desperate for companionship and unaware of her shady past, the two hit it off and are soon married. But their newlywed bliss is suddenly cut short: one rainy July evening, their car veers off course, plunges into the harbour and Fukutaro is pulled beneath the waves. Suspected of murder and labelled a femme fatale, Kumako is hounded by the press, but stays firm, repeatedly proclaiming her own innocence. As pressure from dogged journalists mounts, the tide of public opinion is rising against her. But when a scrupulous defence lawyer takes on her case, doubt begins to creep in.

Author(s): Matsumoto, Seicho
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 29/05/2025
Pagination: 96 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Published By: Penguin Classics
Book Classification: Psychological thriller|Classic fiction|Classic crime fiction|"Crime & mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction"|Narrative theme: Interior life|Narrative theme: Interior life|Fiction in translation
Dimensions: 180x110x10
Weight: 92
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241756409