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「雪国」殺人事件-新装版
十津川警部の元部下で私立探偵の橋本豊は、ある母親から「息子の透が結婚を望んでいる芸者の身元を調べて欲しい」と依頼を受けた。その芸者菊乃はにも選ばれた美人だという。新幹線あさひで越後湯沢に着いた橋本は、夜、菊乃を部屋に呼ぶが、自棄のような飲みっぷりが気にかかった。同じ夜、十年ぶりに東京から帰郷した菊乃の父親神崎が、路上で何者かに刺され、翌日には菊乃に会いに来た透も、旅館の自室で刺されてしまう。橋本は十津川に、神崎の東京での十年間を調べてもらうが、ついに殺人事件が・・・。十津川と橋本が「雪国」に降りしきる春の雪の中で見た残酷な真実とは！？
Paperback Shinsho
First published February 25, 1998
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Kyōtarō Nishimura
338 books18 followersKyotaro Nishimura (pseudonym of Kihachiro Yajima, born 6 September 1930 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese writer of mystery stories. Nishimura is best known for his "train series" mysteries. He won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1981 for The Terminal Murder Case.
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December 20, 2017
Snow Country Murder Case is a murder mystery that pays homage to the classic Snow Country, by the awards-wining novelist Yasunari Kawabata.
Therefore, this murder mystery shares a lot of similarities with Snow Country in character settings (a traveling man, a geisha and her 'younger sister'), locations and plots (e.g. the love triangle among the MC, the geisha and her 'sister'). The murder mystery itself is quite simple (still it isn't easy to guess who is the real murderer), but the relationships among the characters and their different backstories are a bit more complicated.
In the end, the mystery and the murderer's motive is logically explained and the love triangle meets , it is an easy and interesting read, but it isn't very outstanding.
Therefore, this murder mystery shares a lot of similarities with Snow Country in character settings (a traveling man, a geisha and her 'younger sister'), locations and plots (e.g. the love triangle among the MC, the geisha and her 'sister'). The murder mystery itself is quite simple (still it isn't easy to guess who is the real murderer), but the relationships among the characters and their different backstories are a bit more complicated.
In the end, the mystery and the murderer's motive is logically explained and the love triangle meets , it is an easy and interesting read, but it isn't very outstanding.
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