模仿的殺意

by Akira Nakamachi, 中町 信, 劉子倩 (Translator)

《模仿的殺意》最初於一九七三年出版，當時題名為《新人獎殺人事件》，歷經過兩次改題重新出版；最後修訂為《模仿的殺意》，於二ＯＯ四年日本創元推理文庫出版，銷售一般。奇妙的是，距離首次出版四十年後，日本文教堂書店重新發掘本作，再次上架，古典派的縝密詭計深受讀者好評，竟於短短半年內再刷三十萬本，並引起各界媒體矚目！

推理小說作者坂井正夫於七月七日晚間七點，於自宅服毒身亡。

室內反鎖形成密室，事件並未造成社會轟動，僅僅被當作厭世自殺處理。

平素委託坂井處理出版雜務的書籍編輯中田秋子，事實上是坂井的戀人。秋子對於之前在坂井住處偶遇的神秘美女耿耿於懷，加上坂井死前提過，自己將會收到鉅款，秋子不禁懷疑這一切是否有不為人知的隱情。

另一方面，報導作家津久見伸助應雜誌社之邀，欲將曾是同人雜誌夥伴的坂井之死寫成報導，正在進行調查時，坂井好不容易發表的作品，竟爆發抄襲某知名作家的嫌疑，津久見開始追查與坂井素有嫌隙的編輯柳澤邦夫，沒想到卻發現柳澤的妹妹因坂井而死，柳澤有充分殺害坂井的動機……

究竟坂井之死的真相為何？

秋子與津久見抽絲剝繭後，又將從坂井身上發掘出怎樣的秘密？

288 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2004

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Outline of the story: A nobody newbie novelist fell to his death, when this happened his apartment was locked from the inside, so the death was ruled as a suicide, but soon it was discovered that the dead novelist's last short novel was copied straight from another well known novelist's already published story? Why would anyone make such a career ending move before he killed himself?

Background Information This story was first serialized in a magazine back in the 1970s, only published as a book in 2004.

This first novel of Akira Nakamachi really takes me by surprise, I'm impressed by Mr. Nakamachi's wordplay and his plot twists (so there are actually two secretly separate timelines instead of just one, a famous novelist copied and stole a story from a newbie novelist instead of the other way around, two men who share the exact same family name and first name) I almost felt cheated when I turned the last page, but it's a defeat I'm willing to accept.

Will keep my eyes on more of Mr. Nakamachi's novels.

[Bunnie]

标准的昭和推理，还以为在看松本清张。误导太犯规了。

[Life · Rating 4 out of 5]

When this book was first written, the trick at its heart was probably relatively original, but nowadays there's so many variants of it that it somewhat doesn't spark that much enthusiasm.

[Hiu Ying · Rating 3 out of 5]

3已記錄/漂出2022。