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雪國殺人事件
以川康端成的長篇小說名作《雪國》之背景--湯澤為舞台，描繪美麗藝伎、年輕大學生及十津河警部從前的部下－橋本豐，週遭發生的許多難解事件。
白雪紛飛的夜晚，被雪籠罩的湯澤小鎮上，發生了撲朔迷離的殺人事件。
本書以私家偵探橋本豐為主人公，西村京太郎慣於描寫的十津河警部儼然成了配角，在天寒地凍的繽紛雪景之中，架構出一場愛與恨交織的故事。受到某位母親請託，調查其子想結婚的對象-一個曾獲選為駒子小姐的藝伎，而來到越後湯澤的橋本被捲入了事件中，受到藝伎的魅力感染而迷惑，對於事實真相的呈供與定奪，內心感到動搖不已。在春天的新雪落下後，殘酷的真實，伴隨著春天氣息的降臨，一併落了幕。
白雪紛飛的夜晚，被雪籠罩的湯澤小鎮上，發生了撲朔迷離的殺人事件。
本書以私家偵探橋本豐為主人公，西村京太郎慣於描寫的十津河警部儼然成了配角，在天寒地凍的繽紛雪景之中，架構出一場愛與恨交織的故事。受到某位母親請託，調查其子想結婚的對象-一個曾獲選為駒子小姐的藝伎，而來到越後湯澤的橋本被捲入了事件中，受到藝伎的魅力感染而迷惑，對於事實真相的呈供與定奪，內心感到動搖不已。在春天的新雪落下後，殘酷的真實，伴隨著春天氣息的降臨，一併落了幕。
256 pages, Paperback
First published February 25, 1998
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Kyōtarō Nishimura
338 books18 followersKyotaro Nishimura (pseudonym of Kihachiro Yajima, born 6 September 1930 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese writer of mystery stories. Nishimura is best known for his "train series" mysteries. He won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1981 for The Terminal Murder Case.
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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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