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About the Book

The Kamogawa Food Detectives

written by Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood

THE KAMOGAWA FOOD DETECTIVES is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series, for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD.

What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time?

Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals. But that's not the main reason customers stop by.

The father-daughter duo are “food detectives.” Through ingenious investigations, they are able to recreate dishes from a person’s treasured memories --- dishes that may well hold the keys to their forgotten past and future happiness. The restaurant of lost recipes provides a link to vanished moments, creating a present full of possibility.

A bestseller in Japan, THE KAMOGAWA FOOD DETECTIVES is a celebration of good company and the power of a delicious meal.

Audiobook available, read by Hanako Footman

The Kamogawa Food Detectives
written by Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood

  • Publication Date: February 13, 2024
  • Genres: Fiction, Mystery
  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • ISBN-10: 0593717716
  • ISBN-13: 9780593717714