羔羊們的聖誕夜

匠千暁シリーズ #4

by Yasuhiko Nishizawa, 西澤保彥, 王靜怡 (Translator)

通稱匠仔的匠千曉、外號漂撇學長的邊見祐輔與外號高千的高瀨千帆－－校園三人組在一年前的平安夜初次聚首，並於當天目睹一女子墜樓身亡。在這個沒有遺書也找不出動機的案件以自殺作結的一年之後，他們在某個契機之下開始探究該女子的來歷，並得知五年前於同一座公寓亦曾發生過離奇的墜樓死亡案。這兩個案件可有關連？如今，新的案件再度發生……

Genres: Fiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1997

About the author

Yasuhiko Nishizawa was born in 1960 in Akashi, Japan. He studied Creative Writing in the United States, before returning to Japan and beginning to write murder mysteries while working as a university assistant and high school lecturer.

Reviews

[Stella · Rating 5 out of 5]

First time reading this author’s book but loved it!!! Deeply criticised dysfunctional Asian family dynamics along with the main detective storyline🥹 surprising & inspiring

[Life · Rating 4 out of 5]

For the last two years at Christmas Eve, someone has jumped off a certain building. Nearly one year after the last event, the university students that were present at the latter scene end up finding out that a present from the dead woman got mixed up with their own, and so try and figure out the truth behind everything. Though the mystery isn't that impressive, I was very much enthralled by the central theme of this book. It's filled with malice, and is definitely not something I'll forget. I also like the central characters, Tuck and Takachi, and how they revolve being detectives through the series, and I like how the ending of The Night She Died impacts the ending of this one.

[Sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

耳熟能详的“为了你好”的可怕力量，一瞬间竟以为是在看什么我国的纪实文学。

四人组的推理常常从基本的人性出发，得出不可思议却符合逻辑的结论。《羔羊》大概算是动机和背景最现实的最日常案件了：将子女当做私有物品的父母和绝望的子女。死者之一的母亲歇斯底里的“等你们当了父母就知道了”里暗含的怨念，只怕也是从上一代继承下来的。

三起手法相似的自杀案仿佛疑点重重，四人组又展开了推导——推翻——再推导的游戏。

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