The Kamagawa Food Detective by Hisashi Kashiwai

The first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series,  The Kamogawa Food Detectives  is perfect for fans of  Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop ,  Days at the Morisaki Bookshop  and Toshikazu Kawaguchi's  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 treats its customers to wonderfully extravagant meals. But that's not the main reason to stop by . . .

The father-daughter duo have started advertising their services as 'food detectives'. Through ingenious investigations, they are capable of recreating a dish from their customers' pasts – dishes that may well hold the keys to unlocking forgotten memories and future happiness.

From the widower looking for a specific noodle dish that his wife used to cook, to a first love's beef stew, the restaurant of lost recipes provides a link to the past – and a way to a more contented future.

A bestseller in Japan,  The Kamogawa Food Detectives  by Hisashi Kashiwai, and translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is a celebration of good company and the power of a delicious meal.