三毛猫ホームズの無人島

三毛猫ホームズ #31

by Jirō Akagawa

10年前、炭鉱の閉山によって無人島となった〈軍艦島〉に明かりが灯った！　翌朝、かつての住人たちのもとに招待状が届いた。困惑しつつも、懐かしさとともに島へと集まる、かつて島で暮らした人々。船に中には、彼らと共に島へ渡るホームズたちの姿が。島で待っていたのは思わぬ出来事、そして予期せぬ殺人──。ホームズが明らかにする10年前の哀しき真相とは？　表題作他、３編収録の短編集、ますます好調シリーズ第31弾！

212 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 1997

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.