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About Riku Onda

The Aosawa Murders is the first crime novel written by Riku Onda and was published in Japan in 2005. Bitter Lemon Press later published an English translation in 2020.

The novel focuses on a 1973 mass poisoning case set in seaside city K—. At a birthday celebration for the influential Aosawa family, seventeen people died from poisoning after drinking sake and soft drinks.

Onda's writing style is classified as shin honkaku, a "new orthodox" form of Japanese detective fiction, and is structured to focus on three converging timelines.

Riku Onda writes about Fiction, Japanese Detective and mystery stories, Japan, Teenage girls, Mystery, and Memory. Their best-known work is 蜜蜂と遠雷.

On FindMyTBR we track 3 books by Riku Onda. We're still confirming audiobook editions — check the availability for each title below.