# A Quiet Place

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- Authors: [Seichō Matsumoto](https://www.bookquiver.com/seicho-matsumoto)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2025-08-07

## Description

While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn't totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife, who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighbourhood? When Tsuneo goes to apologize to the boutique owner for the trouble caused by his wife's death he discovers the villa Tachibana near by, a house known to be a meeting place for secret lovers. As he digs deeper into his wife's recent past, he must eventually conclude that she led a double life...

## Editions

### A Quiet Place

- Publisher: modern_library
- ISBN: 978-05-9397-908-2
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2026-07-14
- Language: en_US

### A Quiet Place

- Publisher: Penguin
- Translated by: Louise Heal
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-0206-879-5
- Published: 2025-08-07
- Language: en_GB

### A Quiet Place

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4174-420-8
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2025-08-07
- Language: en_GB

### A Quiet Place

- Publisher: Penguin
- Translated by: Louise Heal
- Medium: audio
- Length: 7 h 21 min
- ISBN: 978-18-3731-135-4
- Published: 2025-08-07
- Language: en_GB