売り出された花嫁

花嫁シリーズ #25

by Jirō Akagawa

友人と入ったパーラーで「愛人契約」の現場を目撃した水畑貴士。女に契約を持ちかけていたのは、中学生時代に世話になっていた家庭教師・落合だった。突如放たれた銃弾から、咄嗟に恩師をかばった水畑は――。一方、落合の紹介で老人と契約を結んだ双葉あゆみは奇妙な「愛人生活」に困惑。老人の企みとは？　女子大生・亜由美は友人の水畑、同じ名のあゆみを救うために大奮闘！　表題作ほか「泣きぬれた花嫁」収録。

142 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 15, 2014

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.