{"product_id":"9781035037698","title":"My Grandfather, the Master Detective","description":"Author: Masateru Konishi\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035037698\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Nov 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere used to be a cafe called Mon Cheri at Nishi Waseda where members of the Waseda Mystery Club spent day after day frothing in excitement over the latest mystery novels, and now he and Kaede solve mysteries together . . .\u003c\/i\u003e As a lover of classic crime stories, it’s perhaps no surprise that twenty-seven-year-old schoolteacher Kaede encounters everyday mysteries more often than your average person. Solving them is another matter, though, and the person she always heads to for guidance is her beloved grandfather – who, despite having dementia, retains a keen sharpness of mind. From impossible locked-room murders to confounding missing person cases, the granddaughter and grandfather team ‘weave stories’ in master-and-apprentice fashion to get to the bottom of a variety of cases. All the while, a shadow slowly closes in on Kaede, posing a more insidious threat . . . Steeped in references to classic crime from Christie to Chesterton to Poe, \u003ci\u003eMy Grandfather, the Master Detective \u003c\/i\u003eplayfully nods to forebears of the genre, while also carrying the light-hearted, escapist hallmarks of cosy crime books which have recently captured readers’ imaginations. Meanwhile, its charming characters and affectionate focus on relationships bring to mind heart-warming Japanese titles such as \u003ci\u003eBefore the Coffee Gets Cold\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46524210577566,"sku":"TLD-9781035037698","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035037698.jpg?v=1771390472","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035037698","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}