A Japanese book you should read: A Quiet Place

Book review by Matt S.

Matsumoto Seichō is one of Japan's most prolific - and influential - crime fiction writers. Japanese crime fiction is one of the rare few areas where a good weighting of works have been translated into English (and other languages), and in many ways we can thank Matsumoto for that, because he really did pioneer a distinct spin on the genre that other Japanese authors have been able to capitalise on. Japanese crime fiction is different to that what we see in our native language, and A Quiet Place (not to be confused by the Hollywood blockbuster of the same name) is one of the easiest introductions to the genre for anyone interested in checking it out.

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