The Makoto Murders
$21.25
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
A pitch-black, Dexter-like thriller from the winner of the 2024 Crime Writers’ Association’s Debut Dagger, in which a Tokyo paparazzo commits murders in order to generate the photos his magazine’s readership ghoulishly demands. A razor-sharp skewering of our darkest fantasies and obsession with true crime for fans of Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family and Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, The Serial Killer.
Ken Kato is a half-British, half-Japanese photojournalist working for a low…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781835417232 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 183541723X |
| Author: | Richard Jerram |
| Publisher: | Titan Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Titan Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 55mm |
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Critics Review
“Provocative…Jerram’s nihilistic tale takes a page from Bret Easton Ellis in its blackly comic portrait of an unrepentant killer. The darkness can be suffocating, but readers who’ve acquired a taste for such bad behavior should enjoy themselves.”
Publishers Weekly
“I read The Makoto Murders in one sitting. As unsettling as it is addictive, it takes a genuinely original idea and executes it with real nerve and precision, turning murder into something far more disturbing than violence alone. An exploration of art, ambition and moral collapse, this is crime fiction with real bite behind the craft. A debut that lingers long after the final page.”
Amanda Lees
“The Makoto Murders is a dark satire on our ongoing obsession with true crime and a fascinating insight into Japanese life. In Ken Kato, Richard Jerram has created a truly disturbing individual, all the more unnerving for the chilling calm with which he undertakes a series of murders motivated solely by self-interest. I can’t wait to see what Jerram does next!”
Bridget Walsh
“A stylish interrogation of contemporary obsessions, and with a deeply etched sense of place, The Makoto Murders is unsettling and outrageous, fast-paced and very entertaining.”
Joe Thomas
About The Author
Richard Jerram
Richard Jerram spent thirty years using an economics doctorate from the LSE to find employment in London, Tokyo and Singapore. It has occurred to him that working as an economist in financial markets might be closer to being a crime fiction writer than many people realise. Richard frequently returns to Japan, where he lived for nearly two decades, and speaks the language fluently.
The fertile soil of the UEA’s Crime Fiction Creative Writing MA gave rise to The Makoto Murders, Richard’s first novel. A noir thriller set in Tokyo, it won the Crime Writers’ Association’s Debut Dagger award in 2024. Richard also has an MA in Creative Writing from London’s City University.
Richard lives near a park in London with his wife and, at times, children. When not writing, he reads. Swims enthusiastically. Reads. Runs slowly. Plays chess competently. Reads.
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