{"product_id":"9781908524645","title":"A Quiet Place","description":"\"A master crime writer . . . Seicho Matsumoto's thrillers dissect Japanese society.\"—The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A stellar psychological thriller with a surprising and immensely satisfying resolution that flows naturally from the book’s complex characterizations.Readers will agree that Matsumoto (1909–1992) deserves his reputation as Japan’s Georges Simenon.-Publishers Weekly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn’t totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly-spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife—who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings—ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighborhood?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Tsuneo goes to apologize to the boutique owner for the trouble caused by his wife’s death he discovers the villa Tachibana near by, a house known to be a meeting place for secret lovers. As he digs deeper into his wife's recent past, he must eventually conclude that she led a double life...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeicho Matsumoto \u003c\/b\u003ewas Japan's most successful thriller writer. His first detective novel, \u003ci\u003ePoints and Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, sold over a million copies in Japan. \u003ci\u003eVessel of Sand\u003c\/i\u003e, published in English as \u003ci\u003eInspector Imanishi Investigates \u003c\/i\u003ein 1989, sold over four million copies and became a movie box-office hit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bitter Lemon Press, Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173214929136,"sku":"9781908524645","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908524645_p0.jpg?v=1763621997","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908524645","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}