天使に似た人 [Tenshi ni Nita Hito]

天使と悪魔 [Tenshi to Akuma] #4

by Jirō Akagawa, 赤川次郎

コンビニで地上研修に励む“落ちこぼれ”天使マリの所に、突然大天使様がやってきた――善人と悪人、性格が全く正反対の双子の兄弟が同時に死んで、それぞれ天国と地獄へ行くはずが、なぜか途中で入れ替わって生き返ってしまったという。さっそく捜査を開始した迷コンビ、マリと悪魔犬ポチ。ところがマリに一目惚れしたという大富豪のお坊ちゃんが現れて……。善と悪が入り乱れて大混乱の〈天使と悪魔〉シリーズ第４弾！

273 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 1991

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.