『瑠璃城』殺人事件

城 #2

by Takekuni Kitayama

密室と化した図書館内で女性が短剣で貫かれる。周囲には七芒星の模様が。城から六人の男が消失、首を切られ、辿り着けるはずのない湖で発見される。さらに頭部を失くした人間が突然現れたり、人の出入りのない状況で四体もの死体が消える。恐るべき不可能犯罪の運命的な連鎖を描く本格ミステリ。

Genres: Mystery

213 pages, 新書

First published July 1, 2002

About the author

Associated Names:
* Takekuni Kitayama
* 北山 猛邦 (Japanese Profile)
* ทาเกกุนิ คิตายามะ (Thai Profile)
* 北山猛邦 (Chinese Profile)

Reviews

[gustavo · Rating 4 out of 5]

metaphysical detectives, reincarnation, weird supernatural stuff, doomed lovers, killing as a metaphor for love; how can you not love this book

[Benzene · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll write a review later my head hurts so much it feels like it might split any second

[Zakdj · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kitayama is very strong at trick writing but I find wildly fluxuates in his character writing, that being the case here where I think a lot of the tricks and premise are super solid but the characters didn't compel me that much. It's a shame for a premise thats this all out it doesn't do anything that absurd ultimately. Maybe I'm spoiled by Maijos style of maximalist writing, but I think a lot of his Kirigiri work is still more solid than this even in absurd factor, so I guess I'll chalk it up to writing evolution. Thanks to Mitsuda Madoy for the translation!