蝕罪

警視庁失踪課・高城賢吾 #1

by Shunichi Douba, 堂場瞬一, 李漢庭 (Translator)

高城賢吾曾是前途無量的優秀刑警，上天卻突然給了他一個悲劇的身分──失蹤者家屬，從此只能靠著酒精與藥物勉強度日，身為警察的使命是他唯一也是最後的救命之繩。

經過七年的消沉，高城再度被調任新單位──警視廳失蹤課，尚未從自我放逐中回神，立即就要負責協尋一名即將成家立業的有為青年。這名曾經窮途潦倒的青年一夕之間翻轉人生，如今卻又突然拋下大好前途人間蒸發，謎樣的過去與他今日的消失／被消失有著怎樣的關聯？

488 pages, Paperback

First published February 9, 2010

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 3 out of 5]

"I should just give up. Every year there are so many children gone missing, and the younger they are, the thinner the chance for them to turn up alive."

3.5 stars. We have a group of underdogs (with a drunk, a young hothead female cop, a wimpy cop among them) in a police department which no one cares about, said department is focused on handling missing person cases. But every years there are so many people gone missing in Tokyo! So what will happen next?

As a series' opener, this books does do a good job, the pacing is good, the author gave us a good grip of those underdog cops, the ending is reasonable and satisfying as well (though it's not ground breaking in any way). I will keep my eyes on this author and his works.