ブラック・ベルベット

神原恵弥

by Riku Onda

外資製薬会社に身を置く凄腕ウイルスハンター・神原恵弥。ある博士の捜索を依頼されてＴ共和国にやってきたが、博士は殺されてしまう。一方、この国では全身を黒い苔で覆われて死んだ人間がいるらしい。ビジネスで滞在中のかつての恋人・橘は不穏な行動を見せる。恵弥が想像だにしない、これらの背景に存在するものとは――?

Paperback Bunko

First published May 22, 2015

About the author

Riku Onda (Japanese name: 恩田 陸), born in 1964, is the professional name of Nanae Kumagai. She has been writing fiction since 1991 and has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel for The Aosawa Murders, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television. The Aosawa Murders was her first crime novel and the first time she was translated into English. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of 2020.