Tokyo Express by Seicho Matsumoto

Tokyo Express

A Novel

Seicho Matsumoto, Jesse Kirkwood, Amor Towles

Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · October 14, 2025

From “Japan's Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times): A secluded bay.

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Who it’s for
A layered mystery with a serious tone and the clean snap of classic suspense.
Genres
International Crime Fiction, Japanese Fiction, British Mystery
Published
Random House Publishing Group, October 14, 2025

About this book

From “Japan's Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times): A secluded bay. An apparent lovers’ suicide. And a pair of detectives with a nagging suspicion that the pieces don’t add up. Can you solve one of the most astonishing literary puzzles ever written?

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“An irresistible Hitchcockian gem: a fiendishly plotted crime novel told in crisp, elegant prose.”—Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train In a rocky cove at Hakata Bay, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Standing on the cold beach, the police see nothing to investigate: The flush of the couple’s cheeks and the empty juice bottle speak clearly of cyanide, of a lovers’ suicide. But in the eyes of two men, senior detective Torigai Jutaro and Kiichi Mihara, a young gun from Tokyo, something is not quite right. Together, they begin to pick at the knot of a unique and calculated crime. Now widely available in English for the first time, Tokyo Express is celebrated around the world as Seichō Matsumoto’s masterpiece.

Quiet Tension

A layered mystery with a serious tone and the clean snap of classic suspense.

Come here for

  • precise suspense
  • prestige-leaning mystery

Expect

  • international crime-fiction texture
  • sustained, immersive reading

Where it sits

Japanese Fiction62%
International Crime Fiction61%
British Mystery34%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Literary Fiction
  • Mystery
  • International Crime Fiction
Authors
Seicho Matsumoto, Jesse Kirkwood, Amor Towles
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published
October 14, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Literary Fiction