さらば愛しき魔法使い

魔法使いマリィ #3

by Tokuya Higashigawa, 東川 篤哉

「魔法使いマリィ」シリーズ第3弾！『魔法使いは完全犯罪の夢を見るか？』『魔法使いと刑事たちの夏』に続く、人気ユーモアミステリーシリーズ第3弾が登場！魔法の力を借りつつ、八王子界隈の事件を解決してゆく魔法使いマリィ&小山田刑事の名コンビ。今回もアリバイ崩しに、ダイイングメッセージ解読にと大活躍だが、ついにその「魔法」の存在を、オカルト誌「マー」に嗅ぎつけられてしまう――。二人の、そして八王子の未来はいかに！〈収録作〉・魔法使いと偽りのドライブ・魔法使いと聖夜の贈り物・魔法使いと血文字の罠・魔法使いとバリスタの企み

Tankobon Hardcover

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.