四次元の花嫁

花嫁シリーズ #28

by Jirō Akagawa

祝福されるはずの花嫁たちが抱える闇は、思いのほか深く……。「花嫁たちの袋小路」――主婦の美里は、「結婚を控えた娘・智子と新郎の家族に置き引きの犯行をばらす」と謎の女にゆすれられて殺人を請け負ってしまった。犯行後、ホテルのトイレに凶器を隠すが、その銃はホームレスの女子中学生・礼子に拾われ……亜由美と智子、礼子の縁が事件の光明？　「四次元の花嫁」――ブライダルフェアを訪れた亜由美と聡子。知人の一柳と出会ったが、花嫁の姿はいつまでたってもみえないようで……？　女子大生・塚川亜由美と愛犬ドンファンのおなじみコンビが事件に挑む！　「花嫁たちの袋小路」と「四次元の花嫁」の２作品を収録。大人から子どもまで幅広く楽しめる、気軽なユーモア・サスペンス！

141 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 25, 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.