A twisty and ingenious classic Japanese murder mystery from the author of The Decagon House MurdersMiyagaki Yotaro is one of Japans most famed mystery writers, but several years ago he put down his pen and left the Tokyo literary world for a life of seclusion in the remote Labyrinth House, built by the notorious architect Nakamura Seiji. When four of the countrys most exciting up-and-coming crime writers are invited to the house for Yotaros birthday party, they are honoured to accept. But no sooner have they arrived than they are confronted with a shocking death, then lured into a bizarre, deadly competition with each other…As the competition proceeds, and murder follows murder., the brilliant Kiyoshi Shimada investigates. Can he solve the mystery of the house before all those trapped in its labyrinth are dead? And can you guess the solution before he does?

Yukito Ayatsuji (born 1960) is a Japanese writer of mystery and horror novels and one of the founding members of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan, dedicated to the writing of fair-play mysteries inspired by the Golden Age Greats. He started writing as a member of the Kyoto University Mystery Club, which has nurtured many of Japans greatest crime writers. The Decagon House Murders and The Mill House Murders are also available from Pushkin Vertigo.