忘れられた花嫁

花嫁シリーズ #2

by Jirō Akagawa

永戸明子。21歳。この物語の主人公である。現代っ子らしく、スマートで、足もスラリと長い。名前のとおり、とにかく明るい子だ。結婚式場につとめている。その結婚式場で事件は起こった。花嫁が式の直前に消えてしまったのだ。その上、ウエディング・ドレスの中には見知らぬ死体が……。持ち前の好奇心を発揮して、事件を追及する明子のまわりで次々と謎の事件が……。青春ユーモア・ミステリー。

Paperback Bunko

First published October 25, 1987

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.