三姉妹探偵団 5: 復讐篇 [Sanshimai Tanteidan 5: Hukushuu Hen]

三姉妹探偵団 [Sanshimai Tanteidan] #5

by Jirō Akagawa, 赤川次郎

大邸宅吉沢家で、ひとり娘の早苗の誕生パーティが開かれている最中に、少年が殺された。彼は早苗のひそかなボーイフレンド。この事件が佐々木家の三姉妹を巻き込んだ。脅迫に誘拐。そして長女綾子は探偵のつもりで早苗の学校の教師に！魅力的な三人姉妹の大活躍シリーズ。

277 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1988

About the author

Associated Names:
* 赤川次郎 (Japanese & Traditional Chinese)
* อาคากะวา จิโร (Thai)

Best known for his humorous mysteries, Akagawa's first short story, "Ghost Train", was published in 1976 and went on to win the annually granted All Yomimono New Mystery Writers' Prize by Bungeishunjū, a Japanese literary publishing company. Other works of his, The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb (ホームタウンの事件簿 私語を禁ず Homu Taun no Jikenbo: Shigo o Kinzu?) and Voice from Heaven (天からの声 Ten kara no Koe?), were later made into anime, while Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (セーラー服と機関銃 Serafuku to Kikanju?) was made into a popular live action movie. His most recognized works to date pertain to his Mike-neko (or Calico cat) Holmes series. He is extremely prolific; as of August 2006, he had written more than 480 novels in the course of his thirty year career, over 300 million individual published volumes.