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Last Supper
Mystery writer Ishioka was invited by female college student Satomi to attend classes at an English conversation school. He met a lonely old man Ohtawara, and the three became close friends. Ohtawara, who has a gentle temperament but behaves strangely, mysteriously disappeared after hosting Ishioka and Satomi at a Christmas Eve banquet. A series of confusing events followed. Mitarai, a famous overseas detective, came to help, and a sad past event surfaced...
107Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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Clown on the Roof
Deaths from falling occurred one after another on bank rooftops. Among the dead were happy female employees who were passionately in love, as well as young men who declared, "I will never commit suicide." An actress who hanged herself after leaving behind a large number of potted plants, a bank robber dressed as Santa Claus, a Buddhist altar shop owner and a ramen shop owner competing to buy a luxury car... Under the famous "Running Youth" billboard, seemingly unrelated people are connected by m
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Dark Slope Man-Eating Tree (New Revised Version)
There is a jagged gap at the top of the big nan tree, and the weird bark patterns around the hole resemble human faces. You can even hear the screams of countless wronged spirits in the giant tree, which makes people shudder as if they have stepped into the darkness of another dimension! After the typhoon passed, an unbelievable and terrifying scene appeared on the dark slope of the Western-style bungalow - the bronze chicken on the roof disappeared, replaced by the eldest son of the Fujinami fa
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Foreign Knight
I woke up on the bench, my whole body ached, and I couldn't remember how I got here. The memory disappeared like smoke. But when I met Ryoko Ishikawa and the astrologer Mitarai Kyō by chance, my destiny was led in another direction. I found the diary I had left behind: "I want to avenge my wife!" The lost memories began to emerge one by one, but it was a horrific murder...
—Reads9.4Score—Shelves
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The Melody of Hand Washing
The four short stories with different styles in the Mitarai Aoi series written by Shoji Shimada not only challenge the readers' brains, but also reveal the unknown mental journey of the most idiosyncratic detective in history. Why do urinals in restaurant restrooms disappear over and over again? Why was the company's nameplate hit by twelve bullets, and why was there a ghost painting in the building opposite? What are some memorable moments from Mitarai and Ishioka's Christmas? Among Mitarai's m
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Greetings from Mitsurugi
Thinking back on the years of dating him There are always some unforgettable things that I want to write down The Trilogy of the Royal Stone Series Act 1 opens magnificently Is it really impossible to commit crime in this world? The most idiosyncratic detective challenges four impossible crimes in a row: a murder in a secret room, a mysterious home visit, a bizarre cross-border kidnapping, and a running male corpse...
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Lean-To Crime
At the northern tip of Japan, on a cliff overlooking the Sea of Okhotsk, there is a strange-looking building, the "Drift Ice Pavilion". It is called "The Leaning House" by the locals because of its weird sloping structure. On a snowy Christmas Eve, the owner Kozaburo Hamato poses a puzzle at the party. Whoever solves the meaning of the mysterious totem in the flower bed first will be eligible to marry Kozaburo's daughter Eiko and inherit a huge inheritance! Unexpectedly, for two consecutive ni
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