史魁鐸山莊殺人事件

烏賊川市 #9

by Tokuya Higashigawa, 東川篤哉, 張鈞堯 (Translator)

戰力超低的偵探要擔任護衛？
各有特色的人們住進一間詭異的旅館。
偵探這次是否真的能夠華麗破案？

門前連雀都羅不到的鵜飼偵探事務所，迎來期盼已久的委託人。
這名男性居然是烏賊川市知名企業的社長小峰三郎。三郎委託的內容是在聖誕節和他一起入住史魁鐸山莊，保護他不被恐嚇犯襲擊。座落在懸崖峭壁，外觀獨特的史魁鐸山莊大雪紛飛，明顯是會發生離奇事件的氣氛。偵探與助手陶醉享受美酒與溫泉的時候，殺手悄然接近……
每個人看起來都很可疑！
驚天動地的真相為何？

400 pages, Paperback

First published April 19, 2022

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.