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My Grandfather, the Master Detective

By: Masateru Konishi, Louise Heal Kawai - translator
Narrated by: Hanako Footman
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A Japanese Thursday Murder Club, taking healing fiction for a mystery-filled spin with this Japanese bestseller that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Japan.

He’s not your average Grandpa.

As a lover of classic crime stories, it’s no surprise that schoolteacher Kaede encounters everyday mysteries more often than your typical twenty-seven-year-old.

Solving them is another matter though. For that, she turns to her beloved grandfather, who retains a keen sharpness of mind despite his dementia, and who was once a key member of The Waseda Mystery Club. From impossible locked room murders to confounding missing person cases, the grandfather-granddaughter duo ‘weave stories’ to get to the bottom of every mystery. But all the while, an insidious shadow from Kaede’s past slowly closes in on her . . .

Steeped in references to classic crime from Christie to Chesterton to Poe, My Grandfather, the Master Detective plays with the genre, capturing listeners' imagination in this Tokyo-set escapist mystery. Its charming characters and affectionate focus on relationships are perfect for fans of heart-warming Japanese titles such as Before the Coffee Gets Cold.

©2025 Masateru Konishi (P)2025 Macmillan Publishers International Limited
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Critic reviews

The author nails the ending (Nozomi Ohmori, Judge of the 'This Mystery is Amazing!' Prize)

Sure to please the mystery buff in us all, with nods to classic mysteries. A variation of Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme. (Fumiro Kayama, Judge of the 'This Mystery is Amazing!' Prize)

The characters are appealing. Their conversations sparkle! . . . Masateru Konishi will write appealing stories for years to come . . . (Asayo Takii, Judge of the 'This Mystery is Amazing!' Prize)

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