三毛猫ホームズの復活祭

三毛猫ホームズ #52

by Jirō Akagawa, 赤川次郎

高畠和人の母は、“オレオレ詐欺”に引っ掛かり、さらにトラックに歩を進めて重体に。一方、片山と妹の晴美は、別件の“オレオレ詐欺”の犯行を阻止するも、用済みとなった受け渡し役の男は殺されてしまった。事件の捜査過程で得た手がかりを頼りに片山は、“K学院”の寄宿舎で暮らす三輪山和美という女性徒を訪ねる。彼女と詐欺犯の意外な関係とは?さらに寄宿舎には和美の祖父や高畠の娘、おなじみの石津もやって来るのだが…。片山とホームズの推理が冴える、国民的シリーズ第52弾!

264 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 2018

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.