ほっこりミステリー

by Kōtarō Isaka, 伊坂幸太郎, Shichiri Nakayama

凄腕の殺し屋・兜が登場する、伊坂幸太郎の人気シリーズ作品「BEE」。『さよならドビュッシー』の映画化で話題の中山七里が贈る「二百十日の風」は、田舎を舞台にした心温まる物語。大藪春彦賞受賞で勢いづく柚月裕子は「心を掬う」で涙を誘う。「アゲハ」がドラマ化された吉川英梨は、「18番テーブルの幽霊」で驚きのトリックを描く!心がじんわり温まる、“人の死なないミステリー小説”が待望の文庫化。

255 pages, Paperback Bunko

Published March 6, 2014

About the author

Kōtarō Isaka (伊坂幸太郎, Isaka Koutarou) is a Japanese author of mystery fiction.

Isaka was born in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from the law faculty of Tohoku University, he worked as a system engineer. Isaka quit his company job and focused on writing after hearing Kazuyoshi Saito's 1997 song "Kōfuku na Chōshoku Taikutsu na Yūshoku", and the two have collaborated several times. In 2000, Isaka won the Shincho Mystery Club Prize for his debut novel Ōdyubon no Inori, after which he became a full-time writer.
In 2002, Isaka's novel Lush Life gained much critical acclaim, but it was his Naoki Prize-nominated work Jūryoku Piero (2003) that brought him popular success. His following work Ahiru to Kamo no Koin Rokkā won the 25th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers.
Jūryoku Piero (2003), Children (2004), Grasshopper (2004), Shinigami no Seido (2005) and Sabaku (2006) were all nominated for the Naoki Prize.
Isaka was the only author in Japan to be nominated for the Hon'ya Taishō in each of the award's first four years, finally winning in 2008 with Golden Slumber. The same work also won the 21st Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize.