三毛猫ホームズの四捨五入 (光文社文庫)

三毛猫ホームズ #32

by Jirō Akagawa, 赤川次郎

Ｎ女子学園に編入して来た弥生に会い、担任の竜野は、二十年前に引き戻されるような眩暈に襲われた。あの人に似ていたのだ……。一方、Ｎ女子学園で殺人計画があるとの情報を受け、駆けつけた警視庁の刑事・片山は、弥生と再会した｡実は､四カ月前、片山を狙った銃弾で弥生の父が不慮の死を遂げていたのだ。そして、弥生をめぐり事件が次々に……！

292 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 1996

About the author

Associated Names:
* 赤川次郎 (Japanese & Traditional Chinese)
* อาคากะวา จิโร (Thai)

Best known for his humorous mysteries, Akagawa's first short story, "Ghost Train", was published in 1976 and went on to win the annually granted All Yomimono New Mystery Writers' Prize by Bungeishunjū, a Japanese literary publishing company. Other works of his, The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb (ホームタウンの事件簿 私語を禁ず Homu Taun no Jikenbo: Shigo o Kinzu?) and Voice from Heaven (天からの声 Ten kara no Koe?), were later made into anime, while Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (セーラー服と機関銃 Serafuku to Kikanju?) was made into a popular live action movie. His most recognized works to date pertain to his Mike-neko (or Calico cat) Holmes series. He is extremely prolific; as of August 2006, he had written more than 480 novels in the course of his thirty year career, over 300 million individual published volumes.

Reviews

[Jeremy Kitchen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this a 3.5 star book. It was definitely an enjoyable read. Hard to go wrong with a mystery and a cat detective, but I never really got pulled into the drama of it all. That being said, there were many turns and surprises the writing was both dramatic and humorous. Japanese language level wasn't terribly challenging N3 + so definitely recommend to someone just starting to read Japanese novels. A friend told me you can never go wrong with Akagawa Jiro, and that held true.