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Tokyo Express

By: Seicho Matsumoto, Jesse Kirkwood - translator
Narrated by: Eleanor Matsuura
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Brought to you by Penguin.

In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Stood in the coast's wind and cold, the police see nothing to investigate: the flush of the couple's cheeks speaks clearly of cyanide, of a lovers' suicide. But in the eyes of two men, Torigai Jutaro, an old and shabby detective, and Kiichi Mihara, a young gun from Tokyo, something is not quite right. Together, they will begin to pick at the knot of a unique and calculated crime....

A coiled mystery in the vein of Georges Simenon, Tokyo Express is Seicho Matsumoto's best-selling masterwork.

©2022 Seicho Matsumoto (P)2022 Penguin Audio Classics Crime Fiction Mystery World Literature Fiction Crime

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Performance was fine, but the plot seemed very obvious from the outset and the constant repetition of the same facts became grating

Laborious and repetitive

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The author is actually known for his style where it’s not about who done it (well a little is) but more how it was done, it reminds me of the old Colombo TV series style I liked it

Interesting

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I really enjoyed this book. It was a very clever story. The only thing that bothered me a little was the very many Japanese station names which I found a little confusing sometimes.

Excellent Crime Story

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Intriguing and detailed murder mystery, easy to read with fun twists and turns and endearing characters.

Fast paced mystery

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Love this book. While the narrator is unquestionably a good narrator, I always find Japanese stories work so much better when read in English by Japanese speakers. The accent adds authenticity - much better than the faux cockney we’re given in this particular book. Also, this story has a masculine feel to it, not wishing to sound remotely sexist here. I feel a Japanese, but English-speaking male narrator might have added something much more to it’s gritty telling. But it’s a great novel - one I’ve read as well as listened to. Can’t rate it enough.

Very clever and entertaining

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I am very interested in Japan and it’s culture and have used Japan railways extensively which helps understand some of the issues explored here. The story is quite convoluted and somewhat OCD but I enjoyed it.

Tenacious detective

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Enjoyed the change in culture difficult to get my head around all the different names but the solution was held right till the last page … excellent

Gripping to lister. To

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A brilliant, relentless police procedural in the vein of the Martin Beck and Maigret series. A great narrator brings the story to ebullient life.

Thrilling

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The story is clever, but at times one despairs of getting away from train times.

An awful lot about train timetables…..at least they run on time in Japan

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Very little story. Unless you want to maintain a marked up copy of the timetables I'd give this a miss.

Too complicated, too little story

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