Secret

This book is selected from three mystery novel collections by Junichiro Tanizaki, totaling seven. "The Sadistic Incident in Japan" is about a masochistic murder incident. However, the so-called murder incident was not determined by the police, but the narrator's personal speculation based on news reports and related records. The protagonist "I" of "The Cursed Script" speculates about the death of the dramatist Sasaki's ex-wife Tamako in an accident. Based on the testimony of Sasaki's current wife, Sasaki's diary and the contents of his only masterpiece "Good and Evil" during his lifetime, I speculated that Sasaki killed his ex-wife under the same circumstances as in the play. The protagonist of "Ghost Whispers in the Day" is Sonomura, who is tired of boring daily life and would rather risk being killed to get closer to the weird and foggy world. Not only that, Sonomura also directed and created a murder scene in front of "me", in which he played the role of the victim. When all the mysteries were revealed, Sonomura returned to his boring daily life and continued to suffer. The narrator of the novel "I" is a student at the University of Tokyo. Recently, there have been a series of theft incidents in the dormitory. "I", who was suspected by the school, encountered various embarrassments and troubles in my interactions with my classmates. "I" felt that my state of mind had also changed greatly because of such suspicions. After being caught red-handed committing theft, "I" revealed his inner world as a criminal. The private detective in "On the Road" found out the cause of death of Yu He's ex-wife through clever conversations with Yu He. This article was praised by Edogawa as the first probabilistic murder case. "A Motive for a Crime" describes the criminal psychology of the criminal who killed the kind doctor. "Ex-Con" is a story about the criminal psychology of an artist with a criminal record and moral turpitude.