星咏师的记忆

by Tatsumi Atsukawa, 阿津川辰海, 佳辰 (Translator)

世上有一种紫水晶，少数人能通过它看到未来，尤其是自己身处险境时的情景。这些有特殊能力的人被称作“星咏师”。

刑警狮堂由纪夫，枪杀了一名嫌疑人，被罚自主禁闭，他回到故乡入山村。一个声称是“星咏会”成员的男孩来找他，希望他帮忙找出杀死“大星咏师”石神赤司的真凶，救出被冤枉的真维那；而真维那杀人的整个过程记录在紫水晶里。狮堂在半信半疑中展开了调查，但他的推理屡次被记录在紫水晶里的“未来影像”阻扰，完全束手无策……

345 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2024

Reviews

[Yuchen Wang · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel features a precognition-based mystery, a setting that often risks logical inconsistencies. However, this one is well-structured. The core trick revolves around imitation murders, and the highlight is a long timeline span. Both the crime and the revelation are closely tied to the precognition setting, making excellent use of it. The process of using precognition to foresee the crime scene first and then designing the method accordingly is something impossible to achieve in classic mysteries, which pushes the boundaries of mystery storytelling. However, like many time-travel or precognition-based stories, the logic is often written in a convoluted way, making it easy for readers to lose patience or even feel drowsy.

[Sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

我还挺喜欢这种多时间线交替叙述的形式，可以让人自动怀疑时间是不是诡计的一部分。《星咏师》应该也算是那种“超自然现象”推理吧，甚至还挺本格？不过类似的僵尸推理好像也很喜欢搞本格，似乎这种“不合常理”跟“逻辑推理”的组合有种反差式的吸引力？这本里的女性角色之一我不太喜欢，整个人都很男性视角下的玩偶，不过诡计本身是好看的，跟故事里的宿命感跟合拍。