羔羊们的平安夜

匠千暁シリーズ #4

by Yasuhiko Nishizawa, 西泽保彦

浪漫的平安夜,即将步入婚姻殿堂的此村华苗坠楼身亡,身边放着的竟是她打算给前任男友的礼物。不知是不是巧合,在同一个事故现场,五年前,刚刚升入高中的鸟越久作也坠楼身亡。两位当事人都没有留下遗书,让人不禁怀疑这究竟是不是自杀事件。 匠千晓、边见祐辅与高濑千帆的初次相识,正好就在华苗坠楼的那天,他们还阴差阳错地拿走了现场的"礼物"。本着完璧归赵的想法,三人四处走访,却在事件调查的旋涡中越陷越深。幕后的神秘力量,还会选择谁作为平安夜的祭品呢？

Genres: Fiction

258 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1997

About the author

Yasuhiko Nishizawa was born in 1960 in Akashi, Japan. He studied Creative Writing in the United States, before returning to Japan and beginning to write murder mysteries while working as a university assistant and high school lecturer.

Reviews

[Stella · Rating 5 out of 5]

First time reading this author’s book but loved it!!! Deeply criticised dysfunctional Asian family dynamics along with the main detective storyline🥹 surprising & inspiring

[Life · Rating 4 out of 5]

For the last two years at Christmas Eve, someone has jumped off a certain building. Nearly one year after the last event, the university students that were present at the latter scene end up finding out that a present from the dead woman got mixed up with their own, and so try and figure out the truth behind everything. Though the mystery isn't that impressive, I was very much enthralled by the central theme of this book. It's filled with malice, and is definitely not something I'll forget. I also like the central characters, Tuck and Takachi, and how they revolve being detectives through the series, and I like how the ending of The Night She Died impacts the ending of this one.

[Sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

耳熟能详的“为了你好”的可怕力量，一瞬间竟以为是在看什么我国的纪实文学。

四人组的推理常常从基本的人性出发，得出不可思议却符合逻辑的结论。《羔羊》大概算是动机和背景最现实的最日常案件了：将子女当做私有物品的父母和绝望的子女。死者之一的母亲歇斯底里的“等你们当了父母就知道了”里暗含的怨念，只怕也是从上一代继承下来的。

三起手法相似的自杀案仿佛疑点重重，四人组又展开了推导——推翻——再推导的游戏。

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