三毛猫ホームズの無人島 (光文社文庫)

三毛猫ホームズ #31

by Jirō Akagawa, 赤川次郎

十年前、炭鉱の突然の閉山により無人島となった〈軍艦島〉に、謎の明かりが点った！　翌朝、かつての住人たちに、死者からの招待状が！　困惑しつつも懐しさにひかれ、島へと集まる旧島民たち。彼らとともに島へと渡るホームズたちの行く手に、十年前の悲劇が――。表題作ほか、「放火」「雪合戦」「キューピッド」の３編を収録。

268 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 1997

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.