魔法使夢見完全犯罪?

魔法使いマリィ #1

by Tokuya Higashigawa, 東川篤哉, 陳系美 (Translator)

無厘頭魔法使瑪莉伊、色色刑警小山田與抖S警部椿木
不按牌理出牌x劇情失控暴走
推理界的新三人組合 帶領你進入現實vs.非現實的推理世界！

八王子縣警的椿木警部和小山田刑警，兩人前往殺人現場時，不知為何在洋房裡當女僕的可愛美少女(三圍近乎完美)，信誓旦旦的說「我知道犯人是誰」！但是……？只要和她扯上關係，怪事就接二連三，冰箱忽然出現在半路、噴嚏打個不停、還莫名被彈飛數公尺外。全身傷痕累累，筋疲力盡的小山田能夠成功破案嗎？

降臨現實世界的魔法少女，幫忙辦案卻雞飛狗跳？SxM刑警也只能舉手投降！

東川威力爆盛炸裂4連發

魔法使與顛倒的房間
殺人現場，所有的家具全部都顛倒了！？殺人的道具和證據到底藏在哪？

魔法使與遺失的鈕扣
以體力自豪的犯人，用蠻力犯下了殺人事件！殺人動機到底是……？

魔法使與兩個署名
模仿藝人投注搞笑信念而製造出來的詭計，能騙倒你嗎？

魔法使與代打男的不在場證明
長相相似的兩個人，就算殺人也能製造完美的不在場證明？

312 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2012

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.

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 2 out of 5]

I guess this book is here only for the entertainment value, there's no depth in the plots, the stories and the characters. I think we're only supposed to take the stories and the characters like they are from a Japanese light-hearted manga. I'm entertained by the stories, but it does nothing to endear me to it and its author.

[Erika · Rating 2 out of 5]

題名が気になったので借りてみた。
が、文章は稚拙だし、女性の描き方が性的で気持ち悪いし、一昔前の「ユーモア」でつまらない。
この作者の作品に挑戦するのは「謎解きはディナーのあとで」に続いて３回目な気がするけれど、毎回つまらない。
コンセプトは面白そうなのに残念。
安っぽさがテレビの原作には向いてるのかも。日本のテレビドラマもほとんどつまらないしね。
（友人お勧めの「マル秘の密子さん」も見たが、物凄くつまらなかったし、あれも。）

最初の１話しか読んでないけれど、忘れないように星をつけておく。

[Thk · Rating 3 out of 5]

(reviewing for 9787544752152)

the stories are actually quite good, just that the build-up seems overly long for each of the 4 short stories. I actually feel that the translation is just not up to scratch, with a lot of Chinese idioms that probably have no Japanese equivalent being used to "pad up" the text.