What are you reading in 2026?

[jian]

Read The Honjin Murders, a classic 1947 locked room mystery by Seishi Yokomizo, one of the archetypal Japanese golden age detective writers. It’s a very good example of its type and clearly lampshades its influences (as the film Wake Up Dead Man did recently) but I must admit to being puzzled by the solution. How long is a koto string anyway?

 

[Autumnal]

They’re comparable to guitar strings.