ＵＦＯ大通り

御手洗潔 #23

by Sōji Shimada, 島田 荘司

ドラマ原作「傘を折る女」収録！　名探偵・御手洗潔の「遠隔推理」と追いつめられた女の行動の対比が見事な傑作中編！　異様な姿で死んでいる男が鎌倉の自宅で発見された。白いシーツを体にぐるぐる巻き、ヘルメットとゴム手袋という重装備。この男の近所に住む老女は、戦争をしている宇宙人たちを見たという。これはUFOがからんだ殺人なのか？　表題作「UFO大通り」もあわせた迫力の中編集。

Genres: Mystery

328 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

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Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are two short stories in this book: The UFO Highway and The Woman Who Bent Her Umbrella, although both stories have unique settings and unforeseeable plot twists in their very different ways, I still like the latter story better.

[s · Rating 4 out of 5]

20210727

#UFO大通り　#島田荘司　さん　＃読了

石岡くんと御手洗さんの掛け合いがよい。
タイトルのUFO大通りよりもう一編の方が私は好き。ラジオ番組のリスナーの話から事件に結びついて、かつ現地に行かないのに解決しちゃう。どんだけ頭いいんだ、御手洗さん。その一方でのほほんな石岡くんに癒される。

[Shea Chen · Rating 4 out of 5]

两篇蛮有特点的中篇小说，值得一读！

[αcolon · Rating 3 out of 5]

很怀念日常篇让人会心一笑的御手洗系列，两篇都还算有趣。日常推理一下会让人觉得很扯，不过仔细想想也不是不行，毕竟如果御手洗的推理错了就不会有尸体，当作纯粹有个让推理作家难以接受的怪人就这么过去了，既然事情发生了，后面的逻辑链也就补上了。

[Life · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two novellas. The first, UFO Boulevard, deals with the typical Shimada-conceit of having to interpret a seemingly fantastical story. It's an alright solution, though very coincidence heavy. I think the second story, The Woman Who Broke Her Umbrella, is better, initially an everyday mystery that flows into a murder. There's a similar problem to Murder in the Crooked House, where Shimada delves deep into what led the murderer to crime, but it's very superfluous and the story would've been much the same without it. There's also a line in here which implies Shimada thinks O.J. Simpson was innocent, so. Make of that what you will.

[E Cheong]

Second story: 折伞的女人