三毛猫ホームズの暗闇

三毛猫ホームズ #33

by Jirō Akagawa

崩落事故発生！　瓦礫で出入り口が塞がれたトンネルに、１台のバスが閉じ込められた。運悪く乗っていたのは、おなじみのホームズ一行。そして、ある殺人事件の被害者と加害者の家族も乗り合わせていた！　真っ暗闇のなか、漂う異様な緊張。そしてついに、あらたな事件が起こってしまった──。２つの事件に隠された秘密を、ホームズたちが解き明かす表題作をはじめ、５編が収録された、大人気シリーズ第33弾。

237 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 25, 1998

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.