花嫁よ、永遠なれ

花嫁シリーズ #17

by Jirō Akagawa

勇士と沙織は、ハネムーン中の新婚夫婦。温泉地でのんびり過ごし、東京駅行きの帰りの列車に乗っていた。しかし、列車が東京駅に着いたとたん、二人は警官に取り囲まれ、勇士が逮捕されてしまう。容疑は殺人。しかも、ハネムーン中の温泉地で、15歳の少女を殺害した容疑がかけられているのだという。残された妻・沙織に同情した塚川亜由美は、事件の真相を探るべく温泉地に乗り込むが――。花嫁シリーズ第17弾。

181 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 25, 2007

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.