The Earthquake Bird

The Earthquake Bird

First edition
Author Susanna Jones
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Picador
Publication date
2001
Media type Print
Pages 224
Awards John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Betty Trask Award
CWA New Blood Dagger
ISBN 0-330-48501-6

The Earthquake Bird is the debut novel by British author Susanna Jones published in 2001. It won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize a Betty Trask Award and the Crime Writers' Association John Creasy Dagger.[1]

Plot Introduction

The story opens in a Tokyo police station where 34 year old Lucy Fly is being questioned over the murder of her friend Lily Bridges. Lucy has been in Tokyo ten years and is fluent in Japanese and employed in translating manuals into English. She is evasive in her answers to the police but recounts to the readers what led to her current situation; her estrangement from her family back in England, her relationship with Teiji an enigmatic photographer and the recent arrival of Lily, who like Lucy comes from East Yorkshire. On a trip to Sado Island jealousy appears and relationships break down.

Reception

Reviews were generally positive :

External links

Official website

References

  1. British Council. "Susanna Jones | British Council Literature". Literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  2. 'Shocking prose paired with sexual obsession', The Telegraph, 25 Nov 2002 Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  3. www.publishersweekly.com Fiction Book Review Retrieved 2016-04-11.
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