密室に向かって撃て！

烏賊川市 #2

by Tokuya Higashigawa

烏賊川市警（いかがわしけい）の失態で持ち逃げされた拳銃が、次々と事件を引き起こす。ホームレス射殺事件、そして名門・十乗寺（じゅうじょうじ）家の屋敷では、娘・さくらの花婿（はなむこ）候補の一人が銃弾に倒れたのだ。花婿候補３人の調査を行っていた《名探偵》鵜飼（うかい）は、弟子の流平（りゅうへい）とともに、密室殺人の謎に挑む。ふんだんのギャグに織り込まれた周到な伏線。「お笑い本格ミステリー」の最高峰！

Genres: Mystery

303 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2002

About the author

Tokuya Higashigawa (1968–) debuted in 2002 with a novel that won him the Kappa-ONE Newcomers Prize in a contest open to the general public. Since then, he has concentrated solely on writing humorous mysteries, a genre that is not well established in Japan. With Nazotoki wa dina no ato de (The Riddle-Solving Can Wait till After Dinner), he became a best-selling author. Jokes and witty dialogue between unconventional characters are his forte, but his works are held solidly together by tricks of logic and well-conceived puzzles. Higashigawa has received praise from older mystery writers for his skillful reinventions of such devices as the locked-room murder and the dying message, and for his versatility in being able to craft novels that involve kidnappings, contract killings, and other daring crimes.

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