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  《魔鏡》為新本格推理作家有栖川有栖之「鐵路推理」代表作,細膩曲折的敘事風格和超乎想像的結局,為殘酷無情的犯罪故事注入想像的餘韻。

  陳屍余吳湖畔的女屍,經調查最有可能的涉案者竟是她的丈夫與小叔這對孿生兄弟,二人均握有完整的不在場證明。

  命案發生後不久,又傳出疑似兄弟其中一人被殺害,屍體的頭顱、手掌均被砍斷。究竟兇手作案的動機為何?在此同時,推理作家空知雅也,卻因一段沈埋已久的戀情而被捲入案情…

347 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

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July 28, 2015
The writing is decent but by the middle of the book I'd already figured who is the real murderer, and the explanation for the murder mystery is a bit on the "Meh" side. It's a pity, for the writing shows the author had done his/her homework at 'locked room murder mysteries'.
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December 18, 2025
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As was already pointed out at the time with regard to the shin-honkaku movement, the characters in this work likewise lack “human warmth” in the ordinary sense of the term. Yet for me this very quality works to its advantage, giving rise to a kind of abstract, almost ideational atmosphere of youth and a sense of nobility that I find appealing. Taken as a whole, the work feels less like a piece of literature than like an academic paper on tricks and devices; but this is not a case of an absence of existential depth. Rather, it embodies the existential condition of that literary current itself.

In the story, an 'Alibi Lecture' is presented, and at the end of the volume, the author includes an appendix listing representative works by category. I would like to excerpt it as a handy reading guide—but be aware that the category names might contain spoilers.

① Witness has malice
Death on the Nile – Agatha Christie
The Discontinuous Murder Case – Ango Sakaguchi

② Witness is misled about time, place, or person
A Person Calls It a Love Suicide – Tetsuya Ayukawa

③ Mistake at the crime scene
(No examples)

④ Fabrication of evidence
Fatal Venture – F. W. Crofts

⑤ Mistake about the estimated time of the crime (earlier or later than actual; also distinctions between medical and non-medical timing)
The Door Without a Keyhole – Tetsuya Ayukawa

⑥ Blind spot in the route
The Sittaford Mystery – Agatha Christie
Towards Zero – Agatha Christie

⑦ Remote murder
a. Mechanical
b. Psychological
The Origin of the Blank – Saho Sasazawa
The Illusion of Flame – Saho Sasazawa

⑧ Induced murder
The Dark Slope – Saho Sasazawa

⑨ Readers are misled into thinking something constitutes an alibi when it does not
I Hate to Part at Noon – Saho Sasazawa

所感
 「新本格」の潮流に対して当時から指摘されていたように、本作の登場人物にも一般的な意味での人間味が欠けている。しかしそれが逆に私好みの、ある種の観念的な青春の雰囲気やノーブルさを醸し出していると感じる。全体として文芸というよりトリックに関する論文めいた作品ではあるが、それは実存がないのではなく、この潮流の実存そのものなのだ。
 作中では「アリバイ講義」が披露され、巻末には著者が付録としてカテゴリごとの代表作を挙げてくれている。格好のブックガイドとして抜粋させていただきたい。ただしカテゴリ名がネタバレになってしまう点にご注意。

①証人に悪意がある
『ナイルに死す』A・クリスティ
『不連続殺人事件』坂口安吾

②証人が時間・場所・人物を錯覚させられている
『人それを情死と呼ぶ』鮎川哲也

③犯行現場に錯誤がある
作例なし

④証拠物件の偽造
『フレンチ警部の多忙な休暇』F・W・クロフツ

⑤犯行推定時間に、実際より早いか遅いの錯誤がある
(さらに、医学的か非医学的かの異同もあり)
『鍵孔のない扉』鮎川哲也

⑥ルートに盲点がある
『シタフォードの謎』A・クリスティ
『ゼロ時間へ』A・クリスティ

⑦遠隔殺人(a.機械的、b.心理的)
『空白の起点』笹沢左保
『炎の虚像』笹沢左保

⑧誘導殺人
『暗い傾斜』笹沢左保

⑨アリバイになっていないものを読者が勝手にアリバイと思い込む
『真昼に別れるのはいや』笹沢左保
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