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三姉妹探偵団 [Sanshimai Tanteidan] #4

by Jirō Akagawa, อาคากะวา จิโร

長女綾子が大学のゼミ担当教授からたのまれた家庭教師の先は、雪の中の山荘で待遇も抜群。レジャー気分で三姉妹と次女夕里子の恋人国友刑事は山荘に出かける。そのうち、夕里子の友人たちまで押しかけ、山荘は大にぎやか。ところが一方では、奇怪な出来事が続発していた。さて山荘の人々の運命は？

First published April 4, 1987

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.