{"product_id":"a-game-of-cat-and-killer","title":"A Game of Cat and Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetective Yoshitaro Katayama is afraid of many things: heights, dark spaces, blood and . . . women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eWhen a young female student is found murdered, he's given two choices - review the harrowing crime-scene photographs or head to Hagoromo Women's College to investigate - and reluctantly opts for the latter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eBut the murders don't stop, and soon Katayama has a different surprise on his hands: a calico cat named Holmes, orphaned her owner falls victim.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eSurely that's the last thing Katayama needs. Until Holmes begins to display some uncanny investigative instincts of her own . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eIntroducing one the most iconic investigative duos in crime fiction - a hapless detective and his capable cat - \u003ci\u003eA Game of Cat and Killer \u003c\/i\u003eis a must for all readers of Japanese cat fiction and classic crime. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Haydn Trowell.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\"Think Agatha Christie with claws\"\u003cb\u003e A.J. Finn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\"Murder mystery fans and cat lovers get ready for an iconic new series\"\u003cb\u003e Janice Hallett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\"You can absolutely see why Jiro Akagawa is such a staple of Japanese crime fiction\" \u003cb\u003eKristen Perrin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJiro Akagawa \u003c\/strong\u003eis one of Japan's most prolific and celebrated mystery writers. In a career that spans several decades, he has sold more than 330 million copies of his books, and won many prestigious awards including the Japan Mystery Literature Award and the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature. Many of his books have been adapted for film and TV, including his beloved Mikeneko Holmes series, which recounts the adventures of a detective and his adopted cat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jiro Akagawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51442734465191,"sku":"9781529451887","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4945\/4503\/files\/a-game-of-cat-and-killer-Akagawa-2026-9781529451887.jpg?v=1790040007","url":"https:\/\/www.murderousink.com.au\/products\/a-game-of-cat-and-killer","provider":"Murderous Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}