{"product_id":"9780241688748","title":"Twilight in Musashino","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Seicho Matsumoto\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic crime\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 May 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern Classics' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e215 x 137 x 38mm | 466g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 'a master crime writer' (Financial Times), a chilling story where Japanese tradition and Western crime collide – now available in English for the first time  Musashino, 1959. A young Japanese flight attendant is found strangled on the icy banks of the river. The police suspect foul play – but the deeper they dig, the more they collide with a wall of silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the centre of it all stands a foreign priest and the Guglielmo Church, a charitable Christian mission. The dead woman’s connection to the church is undeniable. But what begins as a routine investigation quickly turns into something far more treacherous, entangling together narcotics, post-war relief schemes and the delicate web of international diplomacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the story moves from back alleys to diplomatic sanctuaries, following the twists and turns of Detective Fujisawa's investigation, Seicho Matsumoto masterfully constructs a slow-burning procedural where truth is clear but justice is not permitted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seicho Matsumoto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839685210461,"sku":"9780241688748","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9780241688748.jpg?v=1780059447","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9780241688748","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}