スケルトン・キー【電子特典付き】 (角川書店単行本)

by Shusuke Michio, 道尾 秀介

週刊誌記者のスクープ獲得の手伝いをしている僕、坂木錠也。
この仕事を選んだのは、スリルのある環境に身を置いて心拍数を高めることで、“もう一人の僕”にならずにすむからだ。

昔、児童養護施設<青光園>でともに育ったひかりさんが教えてくれた。
僕のような人間を、サイコパスと言うらしい。

ある日、<青光園>の仲間の“うどん”から電話がかかって来て、平穏な日常が変わり始めた。
これまで必死に守ってきた平穏が、壊れてしまう――。

※電子書籍特典、著者直筆のメッセージつき！

253 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 27, 2018

About the author

Associated Names:
* Shusuke Michio
* 道尾秀介 (Japanese Profile)


Shūsuke Michio (1975–)  takes his pen name from the mystery writer Michio Tsuzuki, one of his idols. Michio first became interested in reading in high school, when he was inspired by the works of Yasunari Kawabata and Osamu Dazai. He began writing short-shorts in college and continued producing fiction after graduation in his time away from work. His first break as an author came when he received the Horror and Suspense Special Prize for Se no me (Eyes in the Back) in 2004; the following year he quit his job to write full-time. In 2009 his novel Karasu no oyayubi (By Rule of Crow’s Thumb) earned the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in addition to a Naoki Prize nomination; in a testament to the consistently high quality of his work, he was nominated for the biannual prize four more times on his way to winning it in 2011 withTsuki to kani (Moon and Crab). Other honors include the 2010 Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize for Kōbai no hana (Flowers of Light), a collection of linked short stories. With his knack for easily crossing over genres such as horror and the mystery, Michio is a promising hitmaker among the new generation of writers.

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Reviews

[Joseph Chung · Rating 3 out of 5]

除了暗黑到不行（要有心理準備，暴力場面真的很暴力，不忍卒睹），結局餘味不佳外，僭越了推理小說的本格規則（雖然這本並不是本格推理），留了一條重要尾巴沒有處理，還有合理性的問題，都令我未能喜歡這本道尾秀介的作品。不過本書還是有可取之處：道尾說故事能力依舊強大，令人願意追看；重要詭計所帶來的理解震撼（要重新理解前半部分的描述），還是讓推理迷有所驚喜。瑕瑜各半，用來殺時間還可以。

P.S. 要讚讚翻譯，除了少數日文獨有的累贅描寫外，非常流暢，毫無閱讀障礙。是近年少見。

[W.M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

雖然薄薄一本，但其實我很喜歡他寫精神病態者的謹慎筆觸。
雖然雙胞胎都快變成讓人哈哈哈的設定了，但這本的處理我覺得很好因為那些細小卻明顯的線索是很清楚擺放在那裡的嘛。
運用第一人稱的趣味在雙生子身上又變得更加有趣一點。

基因到底會影響一個人到什麼程度呢？養育的環境又會造成什麼決定性的影響呢？
作者其實並沒有設定這個問題的答案，更甚者，我想他真正想傳達的，反而是不論基因和環境，都不能抹去一個生命的價值和其誕生的重量。
生命依然是被期待的。
要說起感慨的部份大概還是這裡吧。

完全不重要的感想是，主角和記者叔叔有點萌（喂！）