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The critic described it as an offbeat bestselling Japanese mystery series translated into English, noting its unconventional culinarythemed investigations.
The first novel of a bestselling Japanese mystery series has recently been translated into English. Our book critic, MarieenCarragan, says that while the novel, The Kamagawa Food Detectives, shares so...
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The critic described it as an offbeat bestselling Japanese mystery series translated into English, noting its unconventional culinarythemed investigations.
The first novel of a bestselling Japanese mystery series has recently been translated into English. Our book critic, MarieenCarragan, says that while the novel, The Kamagawa Food Detectives, shares some similarities with the Netflix show Midnight Diner, the book follows its own unconventional mystery recipe.
The Kamagawa Food Detectives is an offbeat bestselling Japanese mystery series by Hisashi Kashiwai that began appearing in 2013. Now, the series is being published in this country, translated into English by Jesse Kirkwood.
As a literary meal, the Kamagawa Food Detectives is offbeat and charming, but it also contains more complexity of flavor than you might expect.