{"product_id":"needs-metadata-9798217177639","title":"My Grandfather, the Master Detective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Masateru Konishi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Penguin Group, 2026-03-17\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;A Japanese \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Thursday Murder Club\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, taking healing fiction for a mystery-filled spin with this Japanese bestseller that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Japan.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;He’s not your average Grandpa.\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;As a lover of classic crime stories, it’s no surprise that schoolteacher Kaede encounters everyday mysteries more often than your typical twenty-seven-year-old.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Solving them is another matter, though. For that, she turns to her beloved grandfather, who retains a keen sharpness of mind despite his dementia, and who was once a key member of The Waseda Mystery Club. From impossible locked room murders to confounding missing persons cases, the grandfather-granddaughter duo \"weave stories\" to get to the bottom of every mystery. But all the while, an insidious shadow from Kaede’s past slowly closes in on her . . .\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Steeped in references to classic crime from Christie to Chesterton to Poe, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;My Grandfather, the Master Detective\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; plays with the genre, capturing readers' imagination in this Tokyo-set escapist mystery. Its charming characters and affectionate focus on relationships echo heartwarming Japanese titles such as \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Before the Coffee Gets Cold\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081500311721,"sku":"PHBK-9798217177639","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/6433933488674.jpg?v=1779379080","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/needs-metadata-9798217177639","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}