探偵さえいなければ

烏賊川市 #8

by Tokuya Higashigawa, 東川 篤哉

関東随一の犯罪都市と噂される《烏賊の都・烏賊川市》では、連日、奇妙な事件が巻き起こります。時には、私立探偵・鵜飼杜夫が駆けつけられないことも。でも大丈夫。この街では事件もたくさん起こるけど、探偵もたくさんいるのです。ひょっとしたら、探偵がいなければ事件も起こらないのかも……。推理作家協会賞にノミネートされた佳編「ゆるキャラはなぜ殺される」など、安定感抜群のユーモアミステリ5編を収録した傑作集！

Genres: Mystery

Paperback Bunko

First published June 1, 2017

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.

Reviews

[Joseph Chung · Rating 3 out of 5]

沒有了精彩的推理——幾乎所有的案子都是出於兇嫌的大意，或是意想不到的紕漏（連志木刑警都可以洞悉的詭計，還能精彩到哪裡？）； 沒有了令人捧腹的攪笑——大部分的笑料都是硬滑稽，故事的「攪笑位」也不多。殺時間還可以，但總是有點失落：東村篤哉的吸引力不再？

希望下一本不再令人失望。

[Kinofhera · Rating 3 out of 5]

終於讀完這三本短篇集，的確沒有長篇那麼引人入勝，不過用來消磨時間其實也不錯。希望尖端會繼續出版續集，下一冊好像是長篇。