死者還未長眠

by Kyōtarō Nishimura

屍體失蹤，是發現者的誤判？還是……？
十津川警部被停職？！
屍體失蹤、非法器官移植、間諜偷渡、知事賄選、警政勾結

東京連續接獲三起發現屍體的通報案件，然而警察趕到現場卻空無一人。是發現者的誤判嗎？還是屍體自己憑空消失？十津川警部的妻子直子發現事件的可疑點，繼而查出失蹤案的關鍵人物──秋山貢。

不久，秋山貢疑似被殺害而喪命。留下的遺物竟是總面額高達二千萬圓的鈔票與偽造的護照。

另一頭，北海道增毛海岸發現一艘塑膠艇乘載四具屍體……

當案情發展足以左右選情，保持中立與查明真相間，警方該如何取捨？

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Kyotaro 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.

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.8 stars I guess. The backstory about the election is interesting (what people will do to ensure the guy they prefer will win!), but the murder mystery part of the story isn't very impressive but it is decent enough and the ending is chilling and brutal. And the cops in this story care about bringing justice to the victims and what policemen should and shouldn't do instead of protecting the rich and powerful in the society and saving their own skin? That is so different from the real-life cops.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

前半部的故事懸疑緊張，可是收尾卻沒交代清楚真相和結局，有點虎頭蛇尾。