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The is a 1950 mystery fiction novel by a Japanese novelist, Tetsuya Ayukawa. It is Ayukawas debut novel, and is based on memories and experiences from Ayukawas childhood in Manchuria. The story was also the first in a long series of novels featuring the same protagonist, Detective Onitsura.

Story outline



Set in Manchukuo before World War II, Detective Onitsura, formerly of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police is assigned to Harbin, which has a large cosmopolitan population creating unique problems and difficulties for the police. He then must travel to Dalian, to investigate the murder of a rich Russian migr at a summer home near Ganjungzi in the Kwantung Leased Territory. His investigations take him to Port Arthur, and back to Harbin on the Asia Express, an express train on the South Manchurian Railway. Along the way, he must solve the case by overcoming the suspects' false alibis. The climax of the story is set on an island in the Songhua River.

Main characters



* Ivan Petrov - a rich White Russian migr

* Anton Petrov - Ivan's nephew

* Guo Yunhuan - Anton's fianc

* Nikolai Petrov - also Ivan's nephew

* Alexander Petrov - also Ivan's nephew

* Natalia Bacour - Alexander's fianc

* Detective Onitsura - a Dalian Police detective, on assignment from Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

* Detective Sayabin - a Harbin Police detective

Awards



The novel won a contest sponsored in 1949 by the popular mystery magazine Hoseki (Jewel) with a grand prize of one million yen to mark its third anniversary of publication.

See also



*Freeman Wills Crofts

Category:Japanese mystery novels

Category:1950 novels

Category:Novels set in Manchukuo

Category:Novels set in Heilongjiang

Category:Novels set in Liaoning


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