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Keisuke Matsuoka exploded onto the literary stage in 1997 with the psycho-thriller Saimin (Hypnosis), which sold over a million copies in Japan. Two years later he published Senrigan (Second Sight), which have spin offs and sequesls, achieved combined sales of over six and a quarter million books to date. His recent novel Tantei no Tantei (Detective vs Detective) become a success which a drama series was created in Japan. Detective VS Detective is currently streaming in the U.S. on Crunchyroll. Matsuoka has won many awards through out his career, his most recent being the 2014 Bookwalker Grand Prize Award in Literature.
"""Japanese writer Keisuke Matsuo-ka is evidently a Holmes fan, carefully seeding his story with multiple Holmesian references. There is the recreation of the struggle at Reichenbach which opens the book - a clever twist attributes Holmes' survival to his knowledge of the Japanese martial art of jujitsu, allowing him to defeat Moriarty in mortal combat. Then there are the requisite visits to 221B Baker Street and the eventual reunion with the faithful Dr John Watson."" - Strait Times ""Sherlock Holmes is rich with love and geeky knowledge. This is easily the most enjoyable Holmes pastiche to appear in the US market in years. "" - Open Letter Review ""Sherlock and his brother behave exactly as this reader imagines they would have if the detective actually had been forced to leave his country and try to acclimate himself to such a different culture. The portrait of late 19th-century Japan is fascinating."" - Marilyn's Mystery Reads"
