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"The Aosawa Murders" by Riku Onda
This month's book is "The Aosawa Murders" by Riku Onda, translated from Japanese by Alison Watts.
The novel starts in the 1960s when 17 people die of cyanide poisoning at a party given by the owners of a prominent clinic in a town on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The only surviving links to what might have happened are a cryptic verse that could be the killer's, and the physician's bewitching blind daughter, Hisako, the only person spared injury. The youth who emerges as the prime suspect commits suicide that October, effectively sealing his guilt while consigning his motives to mystery.
The police are convinced Hisako had a role in the crime, as are many in the town, including the author of a bestselling book about the murders written a decade after the incident, who was herself a childhood friend of Hisako’s and witness to the discovery of the killings. The truth is revealed through a skillful juggling of testimony by different voices: family members, witnesses and neighbors, police investigators and of course the mesmerizing Hisako herself.
Copies can be found at Marksbury Family Branch. Please contact cscott@lexpublib.org.
| Mon, Apr 28 | 9:30AM to 7:00PM |
| Tue, Apr 29 | 9:30AM to 7:00PM |
| Wed, Apr 30 | 9:30AM to 7:00PM |
| Thu, May 01 | 9:30AM to 7:00PM |
| Fri, May 02 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, May 03 | 9:30AM to 5:00PM |
| Sun, May 04 | 1:00PM to 5:00PM |
The Marksbury Family Branch is located at the intersection of Versailles Road and Village Drive.
