And then, to what should be the surprise of no-one, people start to die.Īmateur sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi has been summoned ahead of time by a concerned party, and so in on the spot when the carnage is unleashed. Only if all three pre-decease her will she be freed from this condition, and, even then, further conditions on the entail might mean there’s a fourth interested party circling who would benefit most from Tamayo’s death. All she must do is, within three months of the will being read, marry one of Inugami’s grandsons: the forceful Také, cunning Tomo, or war-damaged Kiyo. It is the last will and testament of silk magnate Sahei Inguami that transforms Tomayo Nonomiya from “a freeloader living on charity doled out by strangers” into the object of much envy and hate by giving her the controlling say in the division of the Inugami fortune. Old sins and their long shadows will get a good airing as stabbings, poisonings, decapitations, stranglings, and even some homicidal wordplay get a murderous field trip to remember. Rian Johnson’s Knives Out (2019) might be the only time this setup hasn’t resulted in a bloodbath, but The Inugami Curse (1951) by Seishi Yokomizo is from further up the scale. When a wealthy businessman bestows his fortune upon a lowly member of his household to the chagrin of his rapacious offspring, you can bet your bottom dollar that some heads are going to (sometimes literally) roll.
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