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My grandfather the master detective

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There used to be a café called Mon Cheri at Nishi Waseda, where members of the Waseda Mystery Club spent day after day frothing in excitement over the latest mystery novels. Now, one former member is enlisted by his granddaughter to solve real-life mysteries . . .

As a lover of classic crime stories, it’s perhaps no surprise that twenty-seven-year-old schoolteacher Kaede encounters everyday mysteries more often than your average person. Solving them is another matter, though, and the person she always heads to for guidance is her beloved grandfather – who, despite having dementia, retains a keen sharpness of mind.

From impossible locked-room murders to confounding missing person cases, the granddaughter and grandfather team ‘weave stories’ in master-and-apprentice fashion. Together, they get to the bottom of case after case. But, all the while, a shadow slowly closes in on Kaede, posing a more insidious threat

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Series Title

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Call Number

895 KON m

Publisher

Dublin : Macmillan., 2025

Collation

337 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781035037698

Classification

800

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Media Type

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Carrier Type

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Edition

Ed. 1

Subject(s)

mystery
Crime
Japanese Fiction
Asian Literature

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Statement of Responsibility

Masateru Konishi

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Level

High School

Book Segment

Select -- Reading for pleasure

Reading Level

Independent

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