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今昔百鬼拾遺 天狗
「神隠し――と云うより天狗攫いね。高尾山だし」
聞き終えた敦子は先ずそう云った。
高尾山に端を発する女性たちの失踪と死の連鎖。
そのミステリを追うのも、3人の女性だった。
天狗、自らの傲慢を省みぬ者よ。
百鬼夜行シリーズ最新長篇、新潮文庫で登場!
昭和29年8月、是枝美智栄は天狗伝説の残る高尾山中で消息を絶った。約2か月後、遠く離れた群馬県迦葉山で女性の遺体が発見される。遺体は何故か美智栄の衣服を身にまとっていた。この謎に、旧弊な家に苦しめられてきた天津敏子の悲恋が重なり合い――。科学雑誌『稀譚月報』記者・中禅寺敦子、代議士の娘にして筋金入りのお嬢様=篠村美弥子、そして、これまで幾つかの事件に関わってきた女学生・呉美由紀が、女性たちの失踪と死の謎に挑む。
聞き終えた敦子は先ずそう云った。
高尾山に端を発する女性たちの失踪と死の連鎖。
そのミステリを追うのも、3人の女性だった。
天狗、自らの傲慢を省みぬ者よ。
百鬼夜行シリーズ最新長篇、新潮文庫で登場!
昭和29年8月、是枝美智栄は天狗伝説の残る高尾山中で消息を絶った。約2か月後、遠く離れた群馬県迦葉山で女性の遺体が発見される。遺体は何故か美智栄の衣服を身にまとっていた。この謎に、旧弊な家に苦しめられてきた天津敏子の悲恋が重なり合い――。科学雑誌『稀譚月報』記者・中禅寺敦子、代議士の娘にして筋金入りのお嬢様=篠村美弥子、そして、これまで幾つかの事件に関わってきた女学生・呉美由紀が、女性たちの失踪と死の謎に挑む。
384 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2019
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About the author
Natsuhiko Kyogoku
216 books159 followersNatsuhiko Kyogoku ( 京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.
Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume.
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Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume.
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January 13, 2022
Note: The middle part of the story is just getting really terrifyingly long winded (too many needless conversations to get the author's criticism on the post-war Japanese society and woman's right across), plus we never get to meet any of the three victims in the story, we only learn what had happened to them through the description from some third parties, it's disappointing.
I actually like the author taking effort to give voice to his female characters and let them take the main stage, it's a nice gesture but I don't think this good idea is always well excised in the story.
The explanation for the murder mystery is a reasonable one although the murderer's motive is utterly weak and hardly believable.
I actually like the author taking effort to give voice to his female characters and let them take the main stage, it's a nice gesture but I don't think this good idea is always well excised in the story.
The explanation for the murder mystery is a reasonable one although the murderer's motive is utterly weak and hardly believable.
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