三毛猫ホームズの世紀末

三毛猫ホームズ #27

by Jirō Akagawa

あんな有名人との恋？　考えられない！　雪子は舞い上がっていた。なんてったって、本人に付き合ってほしいといわれたのだから！　でも、雪子は知らなかったのだ。おなじみ片山刑事と晴美とが、講演会場のホールで、詩人を殺そうと花束にナイフを隠し持った女・ユリ子に遭遇していたことを──。ユリ子は告げた、「あの男は悪魔よ！」。雪子の運命はいかに!?　三毛猫ホームズシリーズ第27弾。

Paperback Shinsho

First published March 25, 1995

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.