<b>The third title in Japan''s most popular murder mystery series -- after <i>The Honjin Murders</i> and <i>The Inugami Curse</i> -- fiendish classics featuring investigator Kosuke Kindaichi. </b><br> <br><b>Translated into English for the first time. </b><br><br>Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, <i>The Village of Eight Graves</i> takes its name from a bloody legend: in the Sixteenth Century eight samurais, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a terrible curse down upon their village.<br><br> Centuries later a mysterious young man named Tatsuya arrives in town, bringing a spate of deadly poisonings in his wake. The inimitably scruffy and brilliant Kosuke Kindaichi investigates.