許されざる花嫁 花嫁シリーズ

花嫁シリーズ #24

by Jirō Akagawa, 赤川次郎

女子大生・塚川亜由美はホテルのラウンジで緑川祐一郎という中年男性に、「僕を見張っていてくれ」と頼まれる。「誰かが見ていてくれないと、花嫁を殺してしまうかもしれない」と言うのだ。今日の挙式の花嫁は彼の元妻・みゆき。ある日彼女は手紙だけを残し、子供二人を連れて浮気相手のもとに去ったらしいのだが……。表題作ほか「花嫁リポーター街を行く」を収録。

Paperback Bunko

First published June 15, 2013

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.

Reviews

[Mimi · Rating 4 out of 5]

fun and breezy light mysteries!