如水魑沉没之物

刀城言耶 #6

by Sinzou Mituda

奈良县蛇迂郡的波美地区有四个神秘的村落，那里多年延续着祭祀名为“水魑大人”的传统。根据雨量情况，由各村神社的历代宫司负责执行仪式。十三年前，被称为神男的宫司在仪式中突然身亡，十三年后的仪式中，又一神男在形同密室的湖中被杀害。惨剧帷幕开始拉开，神男连环杀人案愈演愈烈，刀城言耶与祖父江偲被卷入案件的旋涡中心……

Paperback

First published December 7, 2009

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a complicated murder mystery taking place in four isolated villages with a decent ending. The final explanation to the mystery of the river water God and the strange rituals surrounding the deity, ominous family secrets and cursed bloodline within the ruling family of the villages and the serial murder of the priests is pretty good, but it isn't very outstanding.

[Joseph Chung · Rating 4 out of 5]

因為箇中線索與日語有關，而翻譯又不怎麼樣（已考慮翻譯此書的難度），所以閱讀障礙不小；加上年紀漸大，記憶力不足，人名與地名又多，所以讀起來相當不爽。幸好，當中詭計和反轉，仍是十足的三津田信三，令人愜意。能奪第十屆本格推理大獎，是實至名歸的。

要是不怕譯文有時頗難理解，這書值得一讀。