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あの真っ暗闇の奥から、何かが私を凝っと覗いている……。戦後まもない北九州の炭鉱で起きた、不可解な連続怪死事件。真相を知るのは、ただ黒面の狐のみ……?戦後まもない混乱期。主人公の物理波矢多(もとろい・はやた)は満洲の建国大学から日本に帰国し、足の向くままに北九州の炭鉱で炭坑夫となって働き始める。そこで、同室の合里が落盤事故で坑道に取り残されたのを皮切りに、炭坑夫が次々と自室で注連縄で首を括るという、不気味な連続怪死事件に遭遇する。その現場からはいつも、黒い狐の面をかぶった人影が立ち去るのが目撃され……。細密な炭坑の描写の中から、じわじわと迫ってくる恐怖と連続する密室殺人の謎。本格ミステリとホラーの魅力を併せ持った重厚な力作書下ろし長篇。

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First published January 1, 2016

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Shinzō Mitsuda

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See 三津田 信三 (Japanese)、 三津田信三 (Traditional Chinese).

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3,392 reviews1,406 followers
January 2, 2021
This one is really different from Mr. Mitsuda's other novels about urban legends, crime mystery, Japanese folklore/demon lore and anthropology. Plus it's quite a thick book, I admit I skimmed through most of the book. Although the historical background of the post-WWII Japanese society and the community of miners are interesting and refreshing--I don't remember the last time there is a Japanese novelist taking on the post-war society and the exploitation of the Korean slave-labors before, during and after WWII at the same time.

However the characters aren't very interesting, the story and the plot twists are decent and I'm satisfied with the explanation of the mysteries of the 'Black Fox', miners missing inside the mine when there is only one exit back to safety (ah la la 'locked room' mystery again ) and the death of a few miners who had a dark past of abusing slave-labors during WWII.

I'm not saying it isn't a book written with good research and effort, still it doesn't have the same spooky effect which I enjoy so much with the other Mitsuda's books.
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302 reviews9 followers
December 3, 2019
这真的不是个call me by your name的故事吗(手动狐头)?这回不是考察民俗,而是围绕着日本战时和战后被强征的矿工在煤矿上的种种遭遇而展开的故事。诡计算不上多有新意,体现出的人性多面大于破案本身的感觉。而且又一次留下了一个“未解之谜”一样的小尾巴呢。
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103 reviews16 followers
December 27, 2021
一路看下來最喜歡的部分還是歷史,日本作者寫壓榨朝鮮人的議題好有勇氣,還寫得很細,求學部分也讓我忍不住去查了滿洲國的建國大學。但不知道是不是花很多心力在描述故事背景,除了主角以外,配角的描述比較少,沒有做出更多煙霧彈混淆讀者有點可惜,推理步調偏慢,但作者很會講故事,還是有讓人想看下去的吸引力。重點是從頭到尾都瀰漫著微妙的BL氛圍,明明就有什麼卻不明說的寫法蠻有意思的,讓人有無限的想像空間。
58 reviews
January 1, 2026
如果不是這本書,我不會接觸到滿洲國、朝鮮人、礦工⋯這些議題。另本書有BL屬性,意識到這件事覺得自己很訝異三津田信三老師會寫這個。
本作主角物理波矢多(此為物理波矢多系列的第一本),他像是吃過苦內心有黑洞的刀城言耶,特別相似之處是容易跟人打成一片、推理的流程與口吻。本書時間點從日本殖民朝鮮台灣與滿洲國成立、經歷廣島長崎原爆、日本投降二戰結束後的日本戰後至朝鮮戰爭前(1950)
覺得作者很有心在書寫省思批判過去的錯誤,包著民俗怪談與推理但實際上是反戰與勞工權益的小説。
讀前面提到滿洲國新京特別市時想起國立殯儀館的教材視角是偽滿洲國。
(滿洲國1932-1945
新京市就是後來的長春市,長春圍城今年也在馮客解放的悲劇中讀到過,總覺得被提醒接下來該好好把那本讀完
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38 reviews
March 18, 2023
好幾次以為猜到兇手了但沒有。

主角是日本的礦工,
前面一大段敘述歷史背景,
日本人殖民者的掠奪、
朝鮮族被殖民者的不幸、
主角對未來的茫然隱瞞學歷而作為礦工,
我真的返回書評好幾次,
確認這本真的是推理小說哈哈哈。

不過案件發生後,
劇情便緊張又有點恐怖惹。
那天看得太晚以為知道結局了,
結果夢裡都是昏暗淒涼的場景一直嚇醒。

還是覺得兇手人設有點崩,
原本斯斯文文的人,
一轉身就決定殺人太奇怪惹。
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206 reviews3 followers
March 21, 2025
Not as impressive as the Toujou Genya series on a mystery level, but I enjoyed the historical background here.
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