{"product_id":"a-quiet-place","title":"A Quiet Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A master crime writer . . . Seicho Matsumoto's thrillers dissect Japanese society.\"—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 How did it come about that his wife—who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings—ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighborhood?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeicho Matsumoto was Japan's most successful thriller writer. His first detective novel, Points and Lines, sold over a million copies in Japan. Vessel of Sand, published in English as Inspector Imanishi Investigates in 1989, sold over four million copies and became a movie box-office hit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seicho Matsumoto, Louise Heal Kawai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47419350876329,"sku":"9781908524638","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781908524638.jpg?v=1788569607","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/a-quiet-place","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}