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Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #20
คินดะอิจิยอดนักสืบ 20 ข้างหลังบานประตู
'คินดะอิจิ' เป็นยอดนักสืบที่ทั้งนักอ่านญี่ปุ่นและไทยต่างรู้จักกันดี ด้วยว่าคดีที่เขาสามารถไขปริศนาได้นั้น ล้วนซับซ้อนและน่าสะพรึงกลัวเสมอ
'คายาโกะ' สาวบาร์ช้ำรัก วันหนึ่งเธอต้องเผชิญเหตุไม่คาดฝัน เมื่อพบว่าหญิงผู้เป็นศัตรูหัวใจกลายเป็นศพ ไม่ไกลนักมีปิ่นปักหมวกเปื้อนเลือดปริศนาตกอยู่ พร้อมด้วยเศษจดหมายข้อความประหลาด "จงเคาะเถิด แล้วประตูจะเปิดให้ท่าน" จดหมายลงท้ายด้วยชื่อคนซึ่งคล้าย จะเป็นอดีตแฟนหนุ่ม เธอเป็นห่วงคนรักจึงขอร้องให้ 'คินดะอิจิ' ช่วยสืบ แต่คดีกลับซับซ้อนเกินคาดด้วยพัวพันกับผู้คนมากหน้า หนำซ้ำแต่ละคนยังเก็บงำความลับ นักสืบจึงต้องปวดหัวหนักกว่าจะได้เบาะแสแน่นอน นำไปสู่การค้นพบความจริงซึ่งยากเกินจะคาดเดา
'คายาโกะ' สาวบาร์ช้ำรัก วันหนึ่งเธอต้องเผชิญเหตุไม่คาดฝัน เมื่อพบว่าหญิงผู้เป็นศัตรูหัวใจกลายเป็นศพ ไม่ไกลนักมีปิ่นปักหมวกเปื้อนเลือดปริศนาตกอยู่ พร้อมด้วยเศษจดหมายข้อความประหลาด "จงเคาะเถิด แล้วประตูจะเปิดให้ท่าน" จดหมายลงท้ายด้วยชื่อคนซึ่งคล้าย จะเป็นอดีตแฟนหนุ่ม เธอเป็นห่วงคนรักจึงขอร้องให้ 'คินดะอิจิ' ช่วยสืบ แต่คดีกลับซับซ้อนเกินคาดด้วยพัวพันกับผู้คนมากหน้า หนำซ้ำแต่ละคนยังเก็บงำความลับ นักสืบจึงต้องปวดหัวหนักกว่าจะได้เบาะแสแน่นอน นำไปสู่การค้นพบความจริงซึ่งยากเกินจะคาดเดา
295 pages, Paperback
First published October 30, 1975
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About the author
Seishi Yokomizo
236 books802 followersSeishi Yokomizo (横溝 正史) was a novelist in Shōwa period Japan.
Yokomizo was born in the city of Kobe, Hyōgo (兵庫県 神戸市). He read detective stories as a boy and in 1921, while employed by the Daiichi Bank, published his first story in the popular magazine "Shin Seinen" (新青年[New Youth]). He graduated from Osaka Pharmaceutical College (currently part of Osaka University) with a degree in pharmacy, and initially intended to take over his family's drug store even though sceptical of the contemporary ahistorical attitude towards drugs. However, drawn by his interest in literature, and the encouragement of Edogawa Rampo (江戸川 乱歩), he went to Tokyo instead, where he was hired by the Hakubunkan publishing company in 1926. After serving as editor in chief of several magazines, he resigned in 1932 to devote himself full-time to writing.
Yokomizo was attracted to the literary genre of historical fiction, especially that of the historical detective novel. In July 1934, while resting in the mountains of Nagano to recuperate from tuberculosis, he completed his first novel "Onibi" (『鬼火』), which was published in 1935, although parts were immediately censored by the authorities. Undeterred, Yokomizo followed on his early success with a second novel Ningyo Sashichi torimonocho (1938–1939). However, during World War II, he faced difficulties in getting his works published due to the wartime conditions, and was in severe economic difficulties. The lack of Streptomycin and other antibiotics also meant that his tuberculosis could not be properly treated, and he joked with friends that it was a race to see whether he would die of disease or of starvation.
However, soon after the end of World War II, his works received wide recognition and he developed an enormous fan following. He published many works via Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in serialized form, concentrating only on popular mystery novels, based on the orthodox western detective story format, starting with "Honjin Satsujin Jiken" (『本陣殺人事件』) and "Chōchō Satsujin Jinken" (『蝶々殺人事件』) (both in 1946). His works became the model for postwar Japanese mystery writing. He was also often called the "Japanese John Dickson Carr" after the writer whom he admired.
Yokomizo is most well known for creating the private detective character Kosuke Kindaichi (金田一 耕助). Many of his works have been made into movies.
Yokomizo died of colon cancer in 1981. His grave is at the Seishun-en cemetery in Kawasaki, Kanagawa (神奈川県 川崎市).
Yokomizo was born in the city of Kobe, Hyōgo (兵庫県 神戸市). He read detective stories as a boy and in 1921, while employed by the Daiichi Bank, published his first story in the popular magazine "Shin Seinen" (新青年[New Youth]). He graduated from Osaka Pharmaceutical College (currently part of Osaka University) with a degree in pharmacy, and initially intended to take over his family's drug store even though sceptical of the contemporary ahistorical attitude towards drugs. However, drawn by his interest in literature, and the encouragement of Edogawa Rampo (江戸川 乱歩), he went to Tokyo instead, where he was hired by the Hakubunkan publishing company in 1926. After serving as editor in chief of several magazines, he resigned in 1932 to devote himself full-time to writing.
Yokomizo was attracted to the literary genre of historical fiction, especially that of the historical detective novel. In July 1934, while resting in the mountains of Nagano to recuperate from tuberculosis, he completed his first novel "Onibi" (『鬼火』), which was published in 1935, although parts were immediately censored by the authorities. Undeterred, Yokomizo followed on his early success with a second novel Ningyo Sashichi torimonocho (1938–1939). However, during World War II, he faced difficulties in getting his works published due to the wartime conditions, and was in severe economic difficulties. The lack of Streptomycin and other antibiotics also meant that his tuberculosis could not be properly treated, and he joked with friends that it was a race to see whether he would die of disease or of starvation.
However, soon after the end of World War II, his works received wide recognition and he developed an enormous fan following. He published many works via Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in serialized form, concentrating only on popular mystery novels, based on the orthodox western detective story format, starting with "Honjin Satsujin Jiken" (『本陣殺人事件』) and "Chōchō Satsujin Jinken" (『蝶々殺人事件』) (both in 1946). His works became the model for postwar Japanese mystery writing. He was also often called the "Japanese John Dickson Carr" after the writer whom he admired.
Yokomizo is most well known for creating the private detective character Kosuke Kindaichi (金田一 耕助). Many of his works have been made into movies.
Yokomizo died of colon cancer in 1981. His grave is at the Seishun-en cemetery in Kawasaki, Kanagawa (神奈川県 川崎市).
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December 7, 2024The Woman in the Shadow of the Door...here I go!
(1) For most part it is a solidly written crime and mystery story, the explanation for the murder and the 'accidental' death of a young girl is a sound one too, but the ending is quite a letdown. I mean What? 3.2 stars.
(2) I also read the second story.
I think it is passable but if I didn't have a lot of time in my hands I probably wouldn't have finished it.
(1) For most part it is a solidly written crime and mystery story, the explanation for the murder and the 'accidental' death of a young girl is a sound one too, but the ending is quite a letdown. I mean What? 3.2 stars.
(2) I also read the second story.
I think it is passable but if I didn't have a lot of time in my hands I probably wouldn't have finished it.
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