あなたも殺人犯になれる!

by Jirō Akagawa, 赤川次郎

漫画家を目指す十七歳の女子高生・岡本聡美は、夏休みに、養成学校の研修「あなたも漫画家になれる！」に参加することに。婚約者を置いて参加した尚子や、脱サラを目指す笠原など、一風変わった仲間たちと研修先のロッジに向かう聡美。しかし同じ頃、護送中の凶悪犯が、なんと警官を殺して逃亡。そしてその凶悪犯を追っているという刑事が、聡美たちの宿泊先に現れて…!?　嵐に閉ざされたロッジで、聡美は生き残ることができるのか!?　快作ミステリ、登場！

278 pages, Paperback Bunko

First published January 1, 2000

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.