A Quiet Place

Seicho Matsumoto

While 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 How did it come about that his wife, who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighbourhood? When Tsuneo goes to apologise 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.

Author(s): Matsumoto, Seicho
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 07/08/2025
Pagination: 231 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Published By: Penguin Classics
Book Classification: Classic crime fiction|c 1960 to c 1969|Psychological thriller|Psychological thriller|Fiction in translation|Thriller / suspense fiction
Dimensions: 197x128x15
Weight: 182
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241744208