We discuss the first chapter of Szu-Yen Lin’s impossible-house impossible-crime novel, ‘Death in the House of Rain‘. Translated by the author himself, the House of Rain is an enormous mansion in the shape of the Chinese character for rain. A year ago, three gruesome and stomach-turning murders took the original inhabitants of the house. A year later, the family of the deceased, and their daughter’s university classmates, arrive for an ill-fated vacation. Dark, grizzly, and drenched in rain, this Taiwanese murder mystery may leave you broken, but it’s a fight you’ll enjoy taking, or so Herds tells us.

Also, the discussion didn’t make the episode, but you should check out Aidan’s recent review of ‘The Rope Artist‘ over on Mysteries Ahoy! if you’re interested in the heavier subject matter of this book.

Check out Part Two and Part Three here!