Suspicion by Seichō Matsumoto
Published: 1981 | Series: Standalone
Onizuka Kumako is suspected of killing her new husband Shirakawa Fukutaro, a rich widower desperate for companionship and unaware of her shady past. She proclaims her innocence, but doubt begins to creep in.

About Seichō Matsumoto
Seichō Matsumoto (1909-1992) was born in Fukuoka, Japan. Self-educated, Matsumoto published his first book when he was forty years old, and he quickly established himself as a master of crime fiction. He is credited with popularising detective fiction in Japan.
I explored classic Japanese whodunnits in The Honkaku Mysteries.
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