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2014년 《인간의 얼굴은 먹기 힘들다》로 데뷔한 이래 기성 작가들의 극찬을 받으며 ‘추리작가들의 추리작가’라 불린 시라이 도모유키가 8년차에 발표한 야심작이다. 소설의 무대 역시 일본과 미국, 남아메리카의 가이아나 공화국을 넘나들며 스케일을 넓혔다. 교주를 따르면 병도 낫고 장애도 치유된다는 ‘기적’을 믿는 사이비 교단에서 기이한 살인사건이 연속해서 발생한다. 그곳을 찾은 명탐정의 ‘추리’는 신자들의 ‘믿음’을 넘어설 수 있을까? 미스터리 역사에 전설로 남을 눈부신 ‘해결편’이 지금 시작된다.

명탐정 오토야 다카시는 아리모리 리리코라는 조수와 함께 경찰도 해결하지 못한 사건의 진상을 밝히며 명성을 쌓아왔다. 그러나 실은 리리코야말로 오토야 탐정사무소의 ‘브레인’임을 아는 사람은 많지 않다. 그런 리리코가 학회 참석을 이유로 뉴욕으로 향한 뒤 종적이 묘연해진다. 오토야는 면밀한 조사 끝에 리리코가 조든타운이라는 교단에 잠입해 교주의 뒷조사를 하고 있음을 알아내고, 억류되어 있을지도 모를 리리코를 구하기 위해 남아메리카로 떠난다.

한때 미국 캘리포니아에서 2만 명이 넘는 신자를 이끌던 교주 짐 조든은 스캔들을 피해 천여 명의 독실한 신자들을 이끌고 남아메리카 대륙으로 집단 이주한 상태. 미국의 대부호 찰스 클라크는 망명을 도와달라는 조든의 요청을 받아들이기에 앞서 항간의 소문이 사실인지 확인하고 싶어한다. 이에 리리코를 포함한 각국의 우수한 조사원들이 클라크의 의뢰를 받고 가이아나로 파견된 것. 간신히 조든타운 잠입에 성공한 오토야는 정체가 들통 나 목숨을 잃을 위기에 처하는데….

548 pages, Paperback

Published July 25, 2023

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Tomoyuki Shirai

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Tomoyuki Shirai (English)
白井 智之 (Japanese)
白井智之 (Chinese)

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111 reviews6 followers
February 1, 2024
整本推理真的让人眼花缭乱,我感觉自己更像是在看魔术表演,而非推理。对真实事件的改编算是一大亮点(不然我可能都不会看下去)。
最后全文的“立意”,也就是主角行为背后的逻辑我实在无法理解。人如草芥
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107 reviews1 follower
December 28, 2023
双视角的设计还挺新颖,最后的反转也呼应了开头,有些强行不过看得出来很努力了!翻译也太烂了
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94 reviews3 followers
November 27, 2023
"名探偵のいけにえ"(The Detective Massacre) by Tomoyuki Shirai
Cover Illustration: Kouri Aoki

This story was based on a real event that happened at Peoples Temple in Guyana. The name of the characters are tweaked but it's definitely close to the actual person's name.

The story is set in November 1978. It started out with an intense scene where everybody in the cult at Guyana is forced to kill themselves.
Then, the story goes back to Japan October 1978 where the protagonist, Detective Otoya finds out that his assistant Lilico went to Guyana and so he flies out of Japan to rescue her. Before the massacre, 3 people were murdered so Otoya and Lilico try to find the suspect. We see argument between the cult who believes that it is a punishment by God and the protagonist who believes this was murder.

This book was intense and had some brutal scenes that I did not expect at all from looking at this book cover.
The story tells us that whether you are in a cult or not, people do the craziest things.
I kind of wished the part where Otoya reveals the real murderer were shorter because it dragged. It was readable and was a page turner but that part felt long.
56 reviews
December 19, 2023
白井智之首次不以獵奇、噁心的故事設定和情節為selling point,轉而以現實事件為創作背景之作。雖仍保有白井智之一如既往硬核的邏輯流推理,但由於脫離了過往獵奇的故事設定,白井智之的問題也逐漸顯現。

得益於獵奇、噁心,而且脫離現實的故事設定,白井智之在設計邏輯推理時可以不用花氣力去說服讀者,他的邏輯推理之所以成立的前提是合理的。在此作中,由於故事背景是現實事件,自然許多元素都必須要令現實生活中的讀者能夠信服,白井智之那套嚴密的邏輯推理才能真正成立。然而可惜的是,書中有許多邏輯推理是沒辦法說服讀者的,如果只論邏輯鏈本身是沒太大問題的,問題是出在這些邏輯鏈本身成立的前提是不合理的。例如書中做出的許多推理,居然是因為某些落後的刻板印象,像是左撇子就一定會用左手拿杯子呀、西方人分不清東方人臉孔之類、患有侏儒症的人會長得像小孩之類的。

還有最後兇手的動機,這估計是我看完這本書最大的不滿了,有必要這麼偏執嗎?
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377 reviews50 followers
April 11, 2025
朋友圈强势按头安利我他最喜欢的推理作家 如何强势呢 他直接给我买了有声书送我。。用通勤时间听 我听了半年终于听完了。前60%be Like 什么狗屎啊 70%噫行吧 90%?? 97%??!!

白井智之真的是主打一个漏洞多但是诡计猎奇。大埘为了让自己欣赏的助手理理子成为名侦探,酿造了918个人的惨案,动机既然是死对头侦探之死名震日本、被一个连环杀人犯打死,他不允许他的助手死于无名之辈,所以弄死所有人。我愿意称这个作家为日本推理届郭敬明,真 癫 呐。标题名侦探的献祭居然就是谜底 了,非要读到最终才能明白,算他牛逼。

但是漏洞百出。诡计是真的能被称为诡计的,好多推理小说都不够诡,但情节什么乱七八糟的,感觉就是他也铺垫,生铺硬铺。后面能connect the dots,但是也是硬联。慨叹真牛啊的同时也感慨什么玩意啊的程度。精彩又难看。也算独特的阅读体验了。
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68 reviews2 followers
January 8, 2024
如作者自己所说是“奇奇怪怪”的推理。感觉每个案子每重解答(反转)都一般般,但是最后两重推理的目的又很有趣。最后的动机也一般般,但是整本书的结构也很有趣。总之就是皱着眉头但也算不错的阅读体验吧😂
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January 10, 2024
最後的動機很讚,別出心裁,確實沒有想到,體驗算是不錯 —— 2023.3.26
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January 24, 2024
额... 怎么这么高的评分! 没觉得太好。反转、反转、再反转~ 也就这样吧。
207 reviews
May 26, 2024
哈,口碑两极分化的一本。還是挺喜歡幾重推理推翻又推翻的寫法。後面都算能圓了前面留下的破綻。最後的動機雖然看上去荒誕,可是現實確實存在很荒誕的人和事啊,正如原型的案例。這本描述倒還不算獵奇。
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October 10, 2024
难评,白井还是那个设定系,而本作显然不够有说服力,他的推理逻辑诡计手法就显得很薄弱。除此之外,三重解答几乎是一模一样的逻辑,这让我很疲惫。唯一有点意思的就是最后的谜底“名侦探的牺牲”。对谜底的无语有点像《xxxxx》,但是xxxx讲故事的能力甩白井几条街都看不见背影。白井也许还是在自己的舒适圈里做个变态比较好。
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March 24, 2025
反转再反转,但是总觉得有点生硬
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7 reviews1 follower
January 5, 2024
中文翻译有些垃圾,还有一些删减。抛开翻译,诡计部分大概相当于东野圭吾早期水平或者柯南漫画的程度,乍一看挺牛仔细推敲起来漏洞百出。
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November 30, 2024
A mystery novel that if you don't arrive at the last 10% of the reasoning, you'll think “what a load of crap this is”. To put the only and highly condensed heavy-duty reasoning in the last few dozen pages, it is really confident. Because once someone doesn't make it past the first 90% (which isn't a small load), they can’t get to any of the good parts (horrible sunk cost setup).
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312 reviews1 follower
February 18, 2024
第一次接触白井智之的作品,确实被惊艳到了!虽然没有华丽的杀人手法和解密过程,但反转反转又反转的剧情还是看的很过瘾。完全能够看出作者想要创造出一个令人惊艳的作品,毫无疑问确实做到了。读完这本书后第一时间看了看推理迷大佬们的解说,bug确实也蛮多的......也有可能是作者故意为之也说不定。简体中文版刚上市不久便被抢空,网售也已变为“预售”状态,可见这部推理小说在国内有多受欢迎了。
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1,127 reviews42 followers
February 11, 2024
An amusing read with a surprising twist at the end.
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267 reviews11 followers
December 25, 2024
多重推理的设定、结尾动机与故事开头的呼应、以及根据真实故事改编等是加分点,推理部分略显牵强。
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