今昔百鬼拾遺－－鬼

by Natsuhiko Kyogoku, 京極夏彥

獨步文化文學小說

288 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2019

About the author

Natsuhiko Kyogoku ( 京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.

Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a spinoff series from Natsuhiko Kyogoku's popular Demons Walking series. This time, two young women tried to solve the mystery of a family curse of every woman in the family would die being slayed by a supposedly cursed sword, or so it seemed...

Soon another young woman was slayed by the supposed cursed sword, and the young man who was supposed to be her boyfriend was arrested on the spot, but is the murder case a love affair gone wrong, or was it something else entirely?

3.5 stars. The explanation to the murder mystery is rather satisfying, but the detecting part of the story can be a bit long winded, the story is entertaining enough, will keep my eyes on more books from this series.