by Kyōtarō Nishimura, Ricardo Alberty · Editora Ulisseia · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789725681992
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«O grande desafio» is the crime novel by Kyōtarō Nishimura, published in 1992 by Editora Ulisseia in paperback (177 pages, in Portuguese).
The plot brings together in Tokyo three famous fictional detectives —Ellery Queen, Hercule Poirot and Maigret— invited by Mr Sato, who intends to make two million dollars disappear before their eyes. An elderly Japanese man, Gokoro Akechi, joins the group, and what seemed like a detective game turns into a murder and an alleged suicide.
The novel was originally published in Japanese in 1989 under the title «名探偵なんか怖くない»; this Portuguese edition, translated by Ricardo Alberty, appeared in 1992.
For fans of classic crime fiction who enjoy homages and encounters between famous fictional detectives.
Kyotaro Nishimura was a Japanese novelist in the police procedural genre.
