三姉妹探偵団 7: 駈け落ち篇 [Sanshimai Tanteidan 7: Kakeochi Hen]

三姉妹探偵団 [Sanshimai Tanteidan] #7

by Jirō Akagawa, 赤川次郎

長女・綾子は友人・米原朋子の婚約披露パーティに出席。しかし、それは政略結婚だったものだから、当の朋子は大反発。綾子は朋子の代わりにその駈け落ち相手と新幹線に乗ることになったのだが。どれが朋子の本当の恋人か、次女・夕里子をつかまえた男は一体だれ？　三姉妹大活躍の人気シリーズ・第７弾!!

274 pages, Paperback Bunko

First published April 5, 1990

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.