Murder at the Black Cat Café

by Bryan Karetnyk, Seishi Yokomizo · 2025

In post‑war Tokyo, a night‑patrol officer discovers a gruesome scene in the garden of the Black Cat Café: a woman's disfigured body buried beside a dead black cat, while the café’s own feline prowls unharmed. Scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi is called in to untangle the tangled motives behind the murder. As he probes the café’s enigmatic madam Oshima and the mysterious owner Itoshima, Kindaichi uncovers a labyrinth of love, jealousy, and betrayal that reaches far beyond the café’s doors. This stand‑alone mystery showcases Seishi Yokomizo’s masterful plotting and atmospheric storytelling, delivering a classic whodunit that keeps readers guessing until the final, startling reveal.