絶海

by Riku Onda, 恩田 陸, Yasuhiko Nishizawa

無人島―それはまさに「絶海の密室」である。この閉ざされた空間で四つの不可能犯罪が起こる!廃墟の島で、あり得ない状態で発見された三死体の謎。一人、そしてまた一人と殺される島で疑心暗鬼に陥っていく逃亡者たちの戦慄。無人島に幽閉された作家が重要な目撃者となった奇妙な事件。異常な殺人鬼が潜む島に取り残された少女たちが体験する極限の恐怖…。いま最も注目される四人の気鋭作家が、ミステリー・ファンには堪えられないテーマに挑んだ推理競作、ここに誕生。

302 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2002

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.