Gold Mask

by Rampo, Edogawa | Classic crime
Published 06/06/2024 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 14mm | 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 villain’s true identity be revealed – and will he, eventually, make a mistake?