要是沒有偵探就好了

烏賊川市 #8

by Tokuya Higashigawa, 東川篤哉, 張鈞堯 (Translator)

「這是怎樣？這座城市真的各方面都很隨便耶。這樣抓得到凶手嗎？」

在號稱關東犯罪率最高的「烏賊之都」烏賊川市，連日發生奇妙的案件。某些時候，私家偵探鵜飼杜夫甚至來不及趕到。但是沒關係，雖然這座城市發生許多案件，卻也有許多偵探會出面解決。話說回來，說不定只要沒有偵探，就不會發生案件……

Genres: Mystery

248 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2017

About the author

Tokuya Higashigawa (1968–) debuted in 2002 with a novel that won him the Kappa-ONE Newcomers Prize in a contest open to the general public. Since then, he has concentrated solely on writing humorous mysteries, a genre that is not well established in Japan. With Nazotoki wa dina no ato de (The Riddle-Solving Can Wait till After Dinner), he became a best-selling author. Jokes and witty dialogue between unconventional characters are his forte, but his works are held solidly together by tricks of logic and well-conceived puzzles. Higashigawa has received praise from older mystery writers for his skillful reinventions of such devices as the locked-room murder and the dying message, and for his versatility in being able to craft novels that involve kidnappings, contract killings, and other daring crimes.

Reviews

[Joseph Chung · Rating 3 out of 5]

沒有了精彩的推理——幾乎所有的案子都是出於兇嫌的大意，或是意想不到的紕漏（連志木刑警都可以洞悉的詭計，還能精彩到哪裡？）； 沒有了令人捧腹的攪笑——大部分的笑料都是硬滑稽，故事的「攪笑位」也不多。殺時間還可以，但總是有點失落：東村篤哉的吸引力不再？

希望下一本不再令人失望。

[Kinofhera · Rating 3 out of 5]

終於讀完這三本短篇集，的確沒有長篇那麼引人入勝，不過用來消磨時間其實也不錯。希望尖端會繼續出版續集，下一冊好像是長篇。