{"product_id":"suspicion","title":"Suspicion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA biting psychological thriller from the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eTokyo Express\u003c\/i\u003e, now available in English for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnizuka 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 newly-wed 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuspected 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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this intricate, psychological noir, masterfully translated into English for the first time, Seicho Matsumoto draws out the hidden demons that guide our convictions, our biases and our deepest desires.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeicho Matsumoto\u003c\/b\u003e (1909-1992) was one of the most acclaimed and best-selling writers in Japan. Self-educated, Matsumoto published his first book when he was forty years old and he quickly established himself as a master of crime fiction. He received the prestigious Akutagawa Literary Prize in 1950 and the Kikuchi Kan Prize in\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e1970. His many novels include \u003ci\u003eTokyo Express \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eInspector Imanishi Investigates.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seicho Matsumoto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50894438269095,"sku":"9780241724422","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4945\/4503\/files\/suspicion-Matsumoto-2026-9780241724422.jpg?v=1781783762","url":"https:\/\/www.murderousink.com.au\/products\/suspicion","provider":"Murderous Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}