Spotlight Six | Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda | Tense Psychological Thriller
A murder mystery like no other… Lovers Aki and Hiro spend one final night together, both with the same goal: force the other to confess to murder. This richly detailed, evocative thriller immerses you in their characters during a game of psychological cat-and-mouse that uses memory, their relationship, and morality as their battleground. After the huge success of Riku Onda’s first prize-winning thriller The Aosawa Murders, Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight’s reputation as one of the most hotly anticipated thrillers of the summer is bound to be well earned.
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Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda
Paperback £8.99
Blurb:
From the author of The Aosawa Murders, one of the NYT Notable Books of 2020. The WSJ commented: “Part psychological thriller, part murder mystery—it is audacious in conception and brilliant in execution.” The Globe and Mail said the book was “emerging as one of the most praised novels of the year.”
Set in Tokyo over the course of one night, Aki and Hiro have decided to be together one last time in their shared flat before parting. Their relationship has broken down after a mountain trek during which their guide died inexplicably. Now each believes the other to be a murderer and is determined to extract a confession before the night is over. Who is the murderer and what really happened on the mountain?
In the battle of wills between them, the chain of events leading up to this night is gradually revealed in a gripping psychological thriller that keeps the reader in suspense to the very end.
