Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seicho Matsumoto: review

I have mixed feelings about this novel. I liked very much the way it was written and the aspects of Japanese life depicted in the book. The murder investigation was also very entertaining and as it usually happens at least in the Japanese novels I have read, the way the case appears is different from Western novels. However, I found the relationship between the inspector and his wife hard to stomach sometimes. He was extremely devoted to his job and practically ignored her most of the time. I understand that the novel was written a long time ago and that was probably the way many couples behaved then.