Tetsuya Honda


Tetsuya Honda is a Japanese writer of mystery and thriller novels and one of Japan's bestselling authors. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and has won many prestigious awards. Several of his popular Reiko Himekawa crime novels have been translated into English, German, Polish, Chinese, Persian, Thai and Vietnamese. In Japan, several of Honda's works have been adapted into major theatrical motion pictures and TV dramas, including Strawberry Night and Strawberry Night Saga.

Works in translation

;Lieutenant Himekawa series
  • The Silent Dead, trans. Giles Murray
  • Blutroter Tod, trans. Irmengard Gabler
  • Przeczucie,, trans. Rafał Śmietana
  • Soul Cage
  • Stahlblaue Nacht, trans. Irmengard Gabler
  • Rouge est la nuit, trans. Dominique Sylvain and Frank Sylvain

    Main works

Lieutenant Himekawa series

  1. Jiu I: Keishicho Tokushu Hanzai Sosa-gakari, 2005
  2. Jiu II: Keishicho Tokushu Kyushu Butai, 2006
  3. Jiu III: Shin Sekai Chitsujo, 2006
  • Spin-off novels
  • * Kokkyo Jihen, 2007
  • * Hang, 2009
  • * Kabukicho Seven, 2010
  • * Kabukicho Damned, 2014
  • * Glass Sun ― Noir, 2016