Seicho Matsumoto
Japan's master of the social mystery novel, who used crime fiction to expose corruption, bureaucracy, and social inequality. Points and Lines inaugurated the Japanese social mystery genre.
Works
- Points and LinesDetective novel connecting two murders across different cities and time periods
- Inspector Imanishi InvestigatesPolice procedural following an unconventional detective solving a mysterious murder
- Pro Bono
- Zero FocusMystery novel of a woman investigating her husband's suspicious death in Japan