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幼兒被綁票，母親帶贖金到嫌犯所指定的現場，卻在眾人的監視下被刺殺，沒人目睹兇手。綁票小說的懸疑加準密室殺人的不可能犯罪型解謎推理的傑作。
什麼樣的動機，足以痛下決心犧牲無辜的幼小生命？
犯下冷血罪行的兇手，全是喪心病狂嗎？
當你面對那扇誘惑之門，是否也會化成野獸，
瘋狂奔走在憎恨和慾望交錯的道路上……？
剛滿足歲的幼女被綁架了，母親前往交付贖金卻慘遭刺死。
警方、女童父親和路人同時目睹，卻無人看到兇手。
揭開層層祕密之後，竟發現嫌犯是……！
眾目睽睽之下，兇手如何完成這不可能的謀殺？
什麼樣的動機，足以痛下決心犧牲無辜的幼小生命？
犯下冷血罪行的兇手，全是喪心病狂嗎？
當你面對那扇誘惑之門，是否也會化成野獸，
瘋狂奔走在憎恨和慾望交錯的道路上……？
剛滿足歲的幼女被綁架了，母親前往交付贖金卻慘遭刺死。
警方、女童父親和路人同時目睹，卻無人看到兇手。
揭開層層祕密之後，竟發現嫌犯是……！
眾目睽睽之下，兇手如何完成這不可能的謀殺？
272 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1970
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July 28, 2015
3.5 stars. I re-read this detective novel (by Takao Tsuchiya) from the 1970s (we travel back in time to the ancient world where people did not use cell phones and internet!). Seduction of the Needle is a decently written thriller about the kidnapping of a little baby girl, the police officials must work together to rescue the baby, but all of a sudden, the mother of the infant was murdered by the kidnapper while on her way to deliver the ransom. Why would the murderer do this?
I like the murder mystery in this book, although I had read this book before a few years ago, so I had no problem guessing/recalling who is the real murderer, , still I like how the murder mystery is explained and the motivation is reasoned in the end.
I also like how the police officials were written in this book and how the author revealed their different personalities to us, I like the sense of humor they show among themselves when they work together. I like how none of these officials are super-smart, instead they all have to work very hard and rely on their experience and understanding of human nature to get closer to the truth.
However, I'm disappointed that in the middle of the book, the author threw in a few suspects, one of them is a young woman who seems to have major reason to hate the kidnapped baby's family, but her story line got cut off halfway, which almost feels like the author had suddenly changed his mind in the middle of the book and abandoned the backstory about this young woman, and this half-baked story line ends up looking very forced and confusing to me.
I like the murder mystery in this book, although I had read this book before a few years ago, so I had no problem guessing/recalling who is the real murderer, , still I like how the murder mystery is explained and the motivation is reasoned in the end.
I also like how the police officials were written in this book and how the author revealed their different personalities to us, I like the sense of humor they show among themselves when they work together. I like how none of these officials are super-smart, instead they all have to work very hard and rely on their experience and understanding of human nature to get closer to the truth.
However, I'm disappointed that in the middle of the book, the author threw in a few suspects, one of them is a young woman who seems to have major reason to hate the kidnapped baby's family, but her story line got cut off halfway, which almost feels like the author had suddenly changed his mind in the middle of the book and abandoned the backstory about this young woman, and this half-baked story line ends up looking very forced and confusing to me.
November 8, 2025
女兒被綁，妻子在交付贖金時被殺。以自己女兒命名的新產品，剛好在這起勒贖案中，達到大幅廣告的效果。原來一切都是父親的陰謀。因為發現女兒不是自己親生，生意上又面臨困境，所以製造這起一石二鳥的案件。
兇手設計了好幾個詭計，以現今看來雖是小兒科，但至少顯示作者動了腦筋。除此之外，作者還製造了「假兇手」這個煙幕彈，以增加破案的難度及作品的懸疑性。算是本格派的入門作品。
另外，綁架案發生後，千草檢察官及警方，竟然沒有先檢查門鎖有沒有被破壞，這點應是作者疏忽了吧！
兇手設計了好幾個詭計，以現今看來雖是小兒科，但至少顯示作者動了腦筋。除此之外，作者還製造了「假兇手」這個煙幕彈，以增加破案的難度及作品的懸疑性。算是本格派的入門作品。
另外，綁架案發生後，千草檢察官及警方，竟然沒有先檢查門鎖有沒有被破壞，這點應是作者疏忽了吧！
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