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Seicho Matsumoto, one of Japan’s most prolific writers of detective fiction, took the 1974 “Beppu 300 million yen insurance murder” as a basis for his novella. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/05/25/books/suspicion-seicho-matsumoto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #seichomatsumoto #jessekirkwood #books #literature #translation #mystery
Truth is slippery in ‘Suspicion,’ a detective story based on a true crime

Seicho Matsumoto’s mystery novella is based on 1974’s “Beppu 300 million yen insurance murder.”

The Japan Times
May 25, 2025 at 1:10amBuffer