Pushkin Vertigo Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| I Was Jack Mortimer | 1933 | Buy |
| The Murdered Banker | 1935 | Buy |
| The Hotel of the Three Roses | 1936 | Buy |
| The Mystery of the Three Orchids | 1942 | Buy |
| She Who Was No More | 1952 | Buy |
| Vertigo | 1954 | Buy |
| The Gravediggers’ Bread | 1956 | Buy |
| The Wicked Go to Hell | 1956 | Buy |
| The Executioner Weeps | 1956 | Buy |
| Crush | 1959 | Buy |
| Bird in a Cage | 1961 | Buy |
| The Master Key | 1962 | Buy |
| The King of Fools | 1962 | Buy |
| The Lady Killer | 1963 | Buy |
| The Disappearance of Signora Giulia | 1970 | Buy |
| The Meiji Guillotine Murders | 1979 | Buy |
| The Tokyo Zodiac Murders | 1981 | Buy |
| Murder in the Crooked House | 1982 | Buy |
| The Decagon House Murders | 1987 | Buy |
| Justiz | 1987 | Buy |
| The Mill House Murders | 1988 | Buy |
| The Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths | 2012 | Buy |
| Tench | 2015 | Buy |
| Resurrection Bay | 2015 | Buy |
| Death Going Down | 2017 | Buy |
| Urgent Matters | 2020 | Buy |
| All Was Lost | 2021 | Buy |
| Those Who Perish | 2022 | Buy |
| Nothing Can Hurt You Now | 2023 | Buy |
| Squeaky Clean | 2023 | Buy |
Sōji Shimada Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| One Love Chigusa | 2020 | Buy |
Soji Shimada is a Japanese mystery writer whose work helped revive the honkaku tradition of fair-play detective fiction. His novels present intricate locked-room puzzles and impossible crimes, giving readers all the clues they need to solve the mystery before the answer is revealed. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders (1981) is his best-known work internationally and is considered a landmark of the genre.
Shimada’s books are part of the Pushkin Vertigo imprint, which publishes translated crime and mystery fiction from around the world. His work sits alongside other international crime writers in the imprint’s catalog, but his contributions — The Tokyo Zodiac Murders, Murder in the Crooked House, The Mill House Murders, and The Meiji Guillotine Murders — are among the most celebrated titles in the collection.