沒有昨日，就沒有明天

杉村三郎シリーズ [Sugimura Saburō Series] #5

by Miyuki Miyabe, 宮部美幸, 王華懋 (Translator)

杉村三郎與豪門妻子離婚後，離開童書編輯一職，搬進小宅開業，擔任起新手偵探。閒暇時刻是到附近咖啡廳吃三明治、或剪輯柴犬健太郎的玩樂影片來逗樂心愛女兒。其他時間，他認真經營清淡生意，每日餓得肚子咕嚕嚕叫，癡癡等著鄰居餵食及客人上門──這樣手頭拮据，但愜意得像隻晒太陽的貓一般的生活，在三位委託人陸續上門後為之一變……

第一位委託人筥崎靜子：「女兒自殺未遂又住進精神病院，女婿卻不讓我探望她。」
第二位委託人竹中夫人：「請陪我們一起吃喜酒，因為可能會出點事。」
第三位委託人朽田美姬：「前夫家人要殺了我兒子，你要幫我救他啊！」

三起不尋常的事件、各有盤算的女性，牽扯出日常家庭底下的陰影：在臉書上貼滿幸福照片卻自殺的新婚女性、從婚禮上消失的落跑新娘、就算利用孩子也要牟財的單親媽媽，她們身上有什麼樣的過去？當杉村三郎踏出樸素溫暖的偵探事務所，走進的便是名為「人性」的恐怖世界……

Genres: Fiction

352 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2018

About the author

See also 宮部 みゆき (Japanese language profile) and 宮部美幸 (Chinese language profile).

Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき Miyabe Miyuki) is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres including science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.
Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. She has been a prolific writer, publishing dozens of novels and winning many major literary prizes, including the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize in 1993 for Kasha and the Naoki Prize in 1998 for Riyū [The Reason] (理由). A Japanese film adaptation of Riyû, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, was released in 2004.

Reviews

[Tiffany Zhao · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little hard reading due to graphic and sordid nature of events. But reading about the Detective is always calming. I wonder how Miyabe can portray a person's character so well. It's very authentic and genuine. This is a person who has flaws but is very self aware, and tries his best.