Inspector Imanishi Investigates

De: Seicho Matsumoto, Beth Cary - translator

Narrado por: Kenichiro Thomson

Tokyo, 1960s. An unassuming but respected homicide detective, Eitaro Imanishi has a knack for both writing haiku and solving crimes. But when a mysterious unidentified body appears on the tracks of a rail yard, Imanishi has his work cut out for him. Soon, he finds himself on a strange chase that takes him from the hip hangouts of avant-garde Tokyo to a spa in rural Honshu. And all the while, the body count is climbing.

“First-rate … In the classic tradition of Georges Simenon’s Inspector Maigret of Paris and P. D. James’s Chief Inspector Dalgliesh in England.”—New York Times Book Review

©1989 Translation by Seicho Matsumoto (P)2024 Recorded Books

Easy to listen too

Great listen for my 1st audio book.
Easy to move between chapters and pause and restart.

Interest plot, detailed descriptions of landscapes and city neighborhoods

Enjoyed a good detective story with interesting characters and embedded in Japan’s urban and rural settings

Great mystery

Love this detective. He is so methodical in his methodology. The ending seemed rushed but overall great story.