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「雪国」殺人事件: （小学館）
十津川警部のかつての部下で私立探偵の橋本豊は、ある芸者の身元調査でまだ雪積もる早春の越後湯沢へ向かった。その芸者菊乃は、川端康成の『雪国』に因んだ“ミス駒子”にも選ばれた美人である。しかし、十年ぶりに東京から帰郷した菊乃の実父と菊乃にプロポーズした男が、何者かに次々と刺され、ついに殺人事件が…。十津川と橋本が春雪の中で見た残酷な真実とは。
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First published February 25, 1998
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December 20, 2017
Snow Country Murder Case is a murder mystery that pays homage to the classic Snow Country, by the awards-wining novelist Yasunari Kawabata.
Therefore, this murder mystery shares a lot of similarities with Snow Country in character settings (a traveling man, a geisha and her 'younger sister'), locations and plots (e.g. the love triangle among the MC, the geisha and her 'sister'). The murder mystery itself is quite simple (still it isn't easy to guess who is the real murderer), but the relationships among the characters and their different backstories are a bit more complicated.
In the end, the mystery and the murderer's motive is logically explained and the love triangle meets , it is an easy and interesting read, but it isn't very outstanding.
Therefore, this murder mystery shares a lot of similarities with Snow Country in character settings (a traveling man, a geisha and her 'younger sister'), locations and plots (e.g. the love triangle among the MC, the geisha and her 'sister'). The murder mystery itself is quite simple (still it isn't easy to guess who is the real murderer), but the relationships among the characters and their different backstories are a bit more complicated.
In the end, the mystery and the murderer's motive is logically explained and the love triangle meets , it is an easy and interesting read, but it isn't very outstanding.
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