自選恐怖小説集 滅びの庭

by Jirō Akagawa

「庭……」――それが精神科医・大崎の最期の言葉だった。原因不明のノイローゼから自殺同然の死に方をした大崎だったが、彼は死の直前に自分の患者・安部綾子を同僚の山之内に引き継いでいた。綾子を診察するうちに山之内がたどりついた大崎の死の真相とは？　少女の見る夢が現実を狂わせていく――。書き下ろし表題作「滅びの庭」を含む全５編。

260 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 10, 1996

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.