Kyotaro Nishimura

Kyotaro Nishimura (西村 京太郎) is a Japanese writer of mystery stories. Nishimura is best known for his "train series" mysteries. He won the Mystery Writers of Japan Prize in 1980 for The Terminal Murder Case.

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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