Author: Rampo, Edogawa

Classic crime

Published on 6 June 2024 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Penguin Modern Classics Crime & Espionage’ series.

Paperback | 272 pages
197 x 129 x 14 | 202g

Can an ace detective outwit a thief with many faces?They call him Gold Mask: a fiendishly clever master of disguise whose crime spree has shocked Tokyo. The dogged detective Akechi Kogoro is on the trail, and soon the two become locked in a frenzied battle of wits as his seemingly superhuman nemesis leads a chase across Japan, gleefully tricking the police at every turn. Will this ingenious villains true identity be revealed and will he, eventually, make a mistake?