如生灵双身之物

刀城言耶 #7

by Shinzō Mitsuda, 三津田信三

奥多摩的神户地区有一个叫芦生的村子，谷生家是村里的世家大族。关于“生灵”的奇妙传闻在谷生家代代流传，据说只有谷生家的家主和继承人才会出现“生灵”，而“生灵”一旦被人多次目击，那便是本人死亡的征兆。抱着对神秘怪谈的兴趣，刀城言耶受学长委托前来调查谷生家继承人真假身份之谜，却不承想继承人第二天便吊死于家中。据说前段日子，曾有人见过他的“生灵”躲在走廊转角处张望……

Genres: Crime

382 pages, Paperback

First published July 6, 2011

About the author

See 三津田 信三 (Japanese)、 三津田信三 (Traditional Chinese).

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

The titular story is centered on the idea of doppelganger, during the post-WWII era, in a rich family of a remote village, the heir of the family has always been haunted by the sighting of doppelgangers, it's rumored that once the family's heir saw their own doppelgangers, they will soon die.

Another short story is about a man being killed in a garden, but there was no footprint on the snow expects the victim's own footprints, what is going on? Will the young detective manage to solve this mysterious death?

There is also another story about the supposedly 'hopping demon in the wood' that kidnapped children, making them disappeared; plus the short story about a mysterious 'living Buddha' and how the create them. Interesting.

To sum up, it's a pretty solid and entertaining short stories collection, with a lot of interesting ideas about Japanese traditional demon folklore and clever mysteries; but if you were familiar with the author's other novels, you may find some of the plot twists a bit predicable.

Another novel by the same author: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[SlowBone · Rating 4 out of 5]

如死灵·踱步之物 4🌟
如天魔·跳跃之物 3🌟
如尸蜡·滴落之物 3🌟
如生灵·双身之物 5🌟
如无脸·掳掠之物 4🌟

[Wini Sham · Rating 3 out of 5]

沒有如魔偶那本那麼讓我驚喜，可能是因為期待值被那本拉高了。最喜歡跟書名一樣的第四篇，第三篇如屍蠟也不錯。然後我忽然間發現，每一篇的兇手竟然都是男性。