Kyotaro Nishimura
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Kyotaro Nishimura (西村 京太郎 Nishimura Kyōtarō, pseudonym of Kihachiro Yajima, born September 6, 1930 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese writer of mystery stories. Nishimura is best known for his "train series" mysteries. He won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1980 for The Terminal Murder Case.
[edit] Books in English
- The Mystery Train Disappears ISBN 0-942637-30-5
His short story: "The Kindly Blackmailer" appears translated into English in "Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen: The Detective Story World in Japan" anthology. Edited by Ellery Queen. Rutland Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Co. Inc. 1978. ISBN 0804812543 pp 147-165
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