The first novel in one of the most beloved crime series of all time – more than 28 million copies of the Mikeneko Holmes books sold in Japan
Detective Yoshitaro Katayama is afraid of many things: heights, dark spaces, blood and . . . women.
When 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 of the latter.
But the murders don’t stop, and soon Katayama has a different surprise on his hands: a calico cat named Holmes, orphaned when the dean himself falls victim.
Surely that’s the last thing Katayama needs. Until Holmes begins to display some uncanny investigative instincts of her own . . .
Introducing one the most iconic investigative duos in crime fiction – a hapless detective and his capable cat – The Deductions of Mikeneko Holmes is a must for all readers of Japanese cat fiction and classic crime.
Detective Yoshitaro Katayama is afraid of many things: heights, dark spaces, blood and . . . women.
When 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 of the latter.
But the murders don’t stop, and soon Katayama has a different surprise on his hands: a calico cat named Holmes, orphaned when the dean himself falls victim.
Surely that’s the last thing Katayama needs. Until Holmes begins to display some uncanny investigative instincts of her own . . .
Introducing one the most iconic investigative duos in crime fiction – a hapless detective and his capable cat – The Deductions of Mikeneko Holmes is a must for all readers of Japanese cat fiction and classic crime.
