icih's Reviews > Murder in the Crooked House - Pembunuhan di Rumah Miring

The second book of Soji Shimada's that I read. Am I satisfied? Holy yes! I'm always craving for a detective story.

The difference from Tokyo Zodiac Murder is the case is narrated into the plot. The appearance of the detectives (I'm sorry I forgot the names) shows up when it's nearly ending. Well, they're there to solve the mystery and the trick that every police in the world unable to think about (really why all the police forces that I read/watch from detective stories seem to be so incompetent?)

The premise is quite complex, as expected from Japanese authors, but this time, I could figure out who the culprit is. Well, I still couldn't figure out how the trick is done due to the lack of imagination, but even for me who never guessed it right, this means the mystery is still too easy to predict.

BUT!!! It still doesn't fail to amaze me on how human's intelligence works when committing crime. My love for mystery just grows even more and I hope to read other Shimada's works in English if not in Indonesian.