不連続の世界 [The discontinuous circle]

by Riku Onda, 恩田 陸

妻と別居中の多聞を、三人の友人が「夜行列車で怪談をやりながら、さぬきうどんを食べに行く旅」に誘う。車中、多聞の携帯に何度も無言電話が……。友人は言った。「俺さ、おまえの奥さん、もうこの世にいないと思う。おまえが殺したから」（「夜明けのガスパール」）――他四篇、『月の裏側』の塚崎多聞、再登場。恩田陸のトラベル・ミステリー！

Genres: Japanese Literature

289 pages, Tankobon Hardcover

First published July 1, 2008

About the author

Riku Onda (Japanese name: 恩田 陸), born in 1964, is the professional name of Nanae Kumagai. She has been writing fiction since 1991 and has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel for The Aosawa Murders, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television. The Aosawa Murders was her first crime novel and the first time she was translated into English. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of 2020.