探偵の探偵ＩＩＩ

Detective versus Detectives #3

by Keisuke Matsuoka

決定! 地上波連続ドラマ化!
決定! コミック連載開始!

正視できるか、これほどの悪を。乗り越えられるか、これほどの憎悪を! 「探偵の探偵」シリーズ最新刊、早くも登場。

悪徳探偵を「駆除」するためにまったく手段を選ばない玲奈は、警察から24時間マークされることになる。玲奈は監視をかわしながら、自分と家族の人生を破壊した「死神」を追い続ける。ついに姿を現した「死神」の驚くべき正体とは。あまりに過酷な闘いに、玲奈の心は持ちこたえられるのか?

イラスト・清原紘

その女、凶暴につき―孤高の探偵・紗崎玲奈。彼女の世界では、彼女が掟=ルールだ!―吉田伸子(書評家)

ついに現れた仇敵はこんな人間だったのか!? 探偵同士、究極の対決に興奮必至。―円堂都司昭(文芸評論家)

正義のヒーローの化けの皮が、容赦なく剥がされる。―香山二三郎(コラムニスト・文芸評論家)

このシリーズの秀逸さは、圧倒的な情報量で描かれたリアルな探偵業界という舞台設定と、フィクションならではのエッジの利いたキャラクターを組み合わせた点にある。―千街晶之(ミステリ評論家)

松岡圭祐作品の読みどころのひとつは、作中に配された豊富なトリビアにある。―宇田川

227 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 13, 2015

About the author

Keisuke Matsuoka (松岡 圭祐 Matsuoka Keisuke) exploded onto the literary stage in 1997 with the psycho-thriller Saimin (Hypnosis), which sold over a million copies in short order. Two years later he published Senrigan (Second Sight), with a former Air Self-Defense Force fighter pilot turned clinical psychologist as its heroine. The title has spawned a veritable flood of sequels, which have achieved combined sales of over six and a quarter million books to date (Matsuoka's agency has trademarked the Senrigan name). In 2010, Matsuoka launched the Banno kanteishi Q no jikenbo (Appraisal Case Files of the Omnicompetent Q) series, with nine volumes appearing in the span of a single year. He is known for deftly weaving global political issues and near-future projections into his works.

Source：http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/...

See also：松岡 圭祐(Japanese)、松岡圭祐(Chinese)

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review for book 2: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

*sighs* It was a huge mistake to spoil myself with the ending when I was only in the middle part of Detective v.s. Detectives vol.3. Because of my spoiling the ending to my own self, I knew exactly who the arch villain truly is even before the big revealing part arrives, so most of the suspense and air of mystery is spoiled.

Even with the problem mentioned above (a problem which I had brought upon my own self) being put into consideration, I am still not satisfied with the main 'plot twist' of the story and how the heroine (a self proclaimed Anti-Detective) handles the crisis. In the first two novels the heroine had been badass and resourceful, but in this book she fell into obvious traps and I'm like: WHAT? I get that the arch villain manipulated the heroine with the pain of losing her younger sister, the guilt over a cop who died on a mission and her needs to save abused women; but should said heroine (who has 4 years of experiences of battling other 'bad' detective and mobsters under her belt) to be more weary of this supposed 'abused wife' instead of just trusting the woman to be the innocent victim that she pretended to be?

The writing is still terrific and I still like the dilemma between the heroine and her 18 years old assistant, even the final struggle between the heroine and the arch villain is intensive and exciting, still this revealing of the arch villain's true identity proves to be underwhelming and unconvincing, so 3.5 stars only.

[Hiu Ying]

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