A Quiet Place
€15.25
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780241744208 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publishing Date | 07/08/2025 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €14.39 |
| Tax | €0.86 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €15.25 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
A thrillingly dark novel from 'Japan's Agatha Christie' (Sunday Times) While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn't totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife, who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighbourhood?When Tsuneo goes to apologize to the boutique owner for the trouble caused by his wife's death he discovers the villa Tachibana near by, a house known to be a meeting place for secret lovers. As he digs deeper into his wife's recent past, he must eventually conclude that she led a double life...