A Quiet PlaceAuthor: Matsumoto, Seicho Classic crime Published on 7 August 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 240 pages 197 x 129 x 16 182g A thrillingly dark novel from 'Japan's Agatha Christie' (Sunday Times) While 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

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