泥棒たちの黙示録: 夫は泥棒、妻は刑事 18

夫は泥棒、妻は刑事 #18

by Jirō Akagawa, 赤川次郎

四十歳で職を失った三橋智春は、かつての部下からある危険な仕事への誘いを受ける。それは「犯罪シンジケート」の手先となり強盗や殺人を犯す闇の稼業だった。家族のためと割り切り、非情な犯罪を繰り返す三橋はある日、自分が殺したウエイトレスが、中学生の娘の担任教師の妹だと知り動揺する……。美人刑事今野真弓とその夫で泥棒の淳一が活躍する大人気シリーズ最新文庫第十八弾！

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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.