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Tetsuya Ayukawa
was the pen name of a Japanese literary critic and novelist. His real name was Toru Nakagawa. He is noted for his ''Detective Onitsura Series'' of mystery stories. Biography Ayukawa was born in the Sugamo neighborhood of Tokyo. His father was a surveyor employed by the South Manchurian Railway, and when Ayukawa was in the third year of elementary school, the family relocated to Dalian in the Kwantung Leased Territory where he completed middle school. He returned to Tokyo intending to enter a music conservatory, but was forced to return to Manchuria due to an attack of pleurisy. In 1938, he was admitted to the Takushoku University's School of Commerce, but his education was interrupted by frequent illness. During this time, he began reading detective novels, and was especially a fan of Freeman Wills Crofts, whose stories often had a railway theme, typically with an apparently unbreakable alibi focused on the intricacies of railway timetables. In 1944, due to his father's retirem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The is a 1950 mystery fiction novel by a Japanese novelist, Tetsuya Ayukawa. It is Ayukawa’s debut novel, and is based on memories and experiences from Ayukawa’s childhood in Manchuria. The story was also the first in a long series of novels featuring the same protagonist, “Detective Onitsura”. Story outline Set in Manchukuo before World War II, Detective Onitsura, formerly of the Police services of the Empire of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Police is assigned to Harbin, which has a large cosmopolitan population creating unique problems and difficulties for the police. He then must travel to Dalian, to investigate the murder of a rich Russians, Russian émigré at a summer home near Ganjingzi District, Ganjungzi in the Kwantung Leased Territory. His investigations take him to Lüshunkou District, Port Arthur, and back to Harbin on the Asia Express, an express train on the South Manchurian Railway. Along the way, he must solve the case by overcoming the suspects' false alibis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |