Kōsuke Kindaichi

is a fictional Japanese detective created by Seishi Yokomizo, a renowned mystery novelist. His first case, The Honjin Murders, is a novel of locked room murder in an old family, which many people regard as one of the best Japanese detective novels, was published in 1946. Kindaichi went on to feature in another 76 novels, selling more than 55 million books and appearing in numerous film, television and stage adaptations. Works in translation Pushkin Vertigo has published English translations of the Kindaichi series since 2020: The Inugami Clan (1951) and The Honjin Murders (1946) were published in 2020 The Village of Eight Graves (1951) published in 2021 Gokumon Island (1977) in June 2022 The Devil's Flute Murders (1953) in 2023. One other novel is available in French translation. La Ritournelle du démon (original title: 悪魔の手まり歌　Akuma no Temari Uta) (1959) Cases The Kosuke Kindaichi series consists of 77 cases.