魔法使いと刑事たちの夏

魔法使いマリィ #2

by Tokuya Higashigawa, 東川 篤哉

『魔法使いは完全犯罪の夢を見るか？』で大暴れした魔法使いのマリィと、八王子署の変態刑事、小山田聡介が帰ってきました！

小山田邸で家政婦として働くことになったマリィ。
家事をしながら、聡介の持ち帰る事件に首を突っ込む。

「また殺人事件？ 犯人が誰かぐらいは、魔法で教えてあげられるわよ」
「いや遠慮する。いつまでも怪しげな魔法に頼ってばかりじゃ、刑事として情けない」

拒絶されながらも聡介のために箒で奔走するマリィ。
そして、マリィの三つ編みが青白く光るとき、かならず騒動が……！

【目次】
魔法使いとすり替えられた写真
魔法使いと死者からの伝言
魔法使いと妻に捧げる犯罪
魔法使いと傘の問題
解説　魔法使いと倒叙法の魅力　青柳碧人

Paperback Bunko

First published July 30, 2014

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.