妖怪探偵・百目 1: 朱塗の街

by Sayuri Ueda

絶世の美女にして全身に百の眼を持つ妖怪・百目。彼女の探偵事務所は、妖怪と人間が共存する〈真朱の街〉にある。請け負う事件は、すべて妖怪がらみ。依頼人は、報酬を自分の寿命で払うのが決まりだ。助手の相良邦雄は、時々百目に寿命を吸われつつ、事件解決にこき使われる日々を送るのだが……。数多のもののけたちが跳梁跋扈する、妖怪ハードボイルド第1弾！

Paperback Bunko

Published July 10, 2014

About the author

Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Sayuri Ueda (上田 早夕里, Ueda Sayuri) is one of the more innovative science fiction authors in Japan. She made her debut in 2003 with Kasei daku barado (Mars Dark Ballad), which won the 4th Komatsu Sakyo Prize. She has published a series of highly original, much discussed works, gaining avid fans not only in Japan but throughout Asia and the West. Karyu no miya (The Ocean Chronicles) won the Hayakawa Publishing “SF ga Yomitai!” Award for Best Japanese SF Novel in 2010, as well as the 32nd Japan SF Award and 10th Sense of Gender Award in 2011. She also writes actively in genres other than science fiction, and in 2018, her historical novel Hametsu no ō (The King of Ruin) was nominated for the 159th Naoki Prize.