Japanese Mystery

Japanese literary sensation Fuminori Nakamura’s latest novel is as a dark look into human psyche - what turns someone into a killer? Can it be something as small as a suggestion?

Ousted by a rival cartel, a brutal drug lord flees Mexico to the distant East. An unwanted child commits a terrible deed and is locked away for years. A Japanese heart surgeon is shunned by the medical community and turns to working as an illegal organ broker. Three lives become entangled in threads of flesh and are plunged deep into a world of blood and bone. Together, they carve out a new criminal empire, but how long can a dynasty last? Destiny is not for mortals to decide. It is cast by the Night and Wind. It is cast by Tezcatlipoca.

Inspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case which terrorized Japan for two years, Lady Joker reimagines the circumstances of this watershed episode in modern Japanese history and brings into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. As the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are brought to light, the stakes rise, and some of the professionals we have watched try to fight their way through this crisis will lose everything—some even their lives.

A gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife, separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil, fight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian Islands. Following the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Helen, after an argument they both regret, he heads north from Seattle to investigate the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a story censored by the U.S. government.

パリのオークション会社に勤務する高遠冴の元にある日、錆びついた一丁のリボルバーが持ち込まれた。それはフィンセント・ファン・ゴッホの自殺に使われたものだという。だが持ち主は得体の知れない女性。

1896年11月19日、ワトソンの旧友ロバート・ファーガソンより手紙が届く。彼の友人に関する依頼であった。ジョン・H・ワトソン(44)シャーロック・ホームズ(42)友人には妻とふたりの子ども、まだ1歳に満たない赤子、そして先妻との子であるジャックがいた。ある日、穏やかで優しいはずの妻がジャックに手を上げる姿を目撃された。さらに恐ろしいことに、実の子の首元に噛みつき血を吸っていたというのだ。捜査依頼を受けたホームズは言う。「吸血鬼など荒唐無稽。そのような犯罪例はない―」ホームズとワトソンは吸血鬼の住む館へと向かう。(1924年1月初出)ストランド・マガジン「シャーロック・ホームズの事件簿」よりFirst published in the Strand Magazine, January 1924

In near-future Japan, Susie Sakamoto is mourning the loss of her husband and son to a plane crash. Alone in her big modern house, which feels like more of a prison, Susie spends her days drinking heavily and taking her anger out at the only “sentient” thing left in her life: Sunny, the annoying home robot her husband designed. Susie despises Sunny, and sometimes even gets a sinking feeling that Sunny is out to hurt her.

Almost every afternoon, the Woman in the Purple Skirt sits on the same park bench, where she eats a cream bun while the local children make a game of trying to get her attention. Unbeknownst to her, she is being watched—by the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan, who is always perched just out of sight, monitoring which buses she takes, what she eats, whom she speaks to.

本商品は、1945年にアメリカで放送されたラジオドラマを日本語化したものです。アメリカで長きにわたり親しまれたラジオ版シャーロック・ホームズ。何百とあるエピソードの中から、シリーズ中盤の佳編をオーディオブックでお届けします。アーサー・コナン・ドイルの書いた『黄金の鼻眼鏡』に着想を得て制作された本作品。コナン・ドイルの原作とは一味違った、軽妙洒脱なホームズとワトソンの会話をお楽しみください!

コナン・ドイル自薦第3位の名作!ここに蘇る!踊る人形の暗号をホームズはいかに解読したのか!あなたはこの暗号を解読できるか!?著作権フリーの三上於菟吉訳を、若き翻訳家の大久保ゆうさんが現代語に改訳!朗読は、七色の声を持つ声優ナレーター・佐々木健が、ホームズをワトソンを演じます。また、ゲストに声優ナレーター・平田絵里子さんを迎えています。前作「赤毛連盟」に継ぐ、ホームズシリーズ第2弾! (C)2008青空文庫

事故か、自殺か、殺人か――。母の手記と娘の回想が交錯し、浮かび上がる事件の真相とは。圧倒的に新しい、母娘ミステリー!

In A Foul Thing, Roma and Juliette have established themselves as the heads of an underground weapons ring in Zhouzhuang, making a living the way they do best while remaining anonymous in their peaceful, quiet life. But when they hear about several Russian girls showing up dead in nearby towns, they decide to investigate—and ultimately discover that this mystery is much closer to home than they ever imagined.

THE EXPLOSION BROUGHT DOWN THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOMB, BURYING THE CHINESE PEASANTS, BUT KEEPING THE BULLION SAFE UNTIL THE JAPANESE MILITARY CAN RETURN. Hidden inside a long-forgotten ancient mountainside tomb, lies a small part of the 6,000 tons of gold looted by Japanese forces from Nanking during the Second World War. A letter written by Sergeant Ichiro to his father lies forgotten, finally emerging into the light of day seventy-one years later. The strands of destiny weave themselves together, drawing a young Australian and his part-Japanese girlfriend towards the death and wealth which ...

When June Kato visits Tokyo, it's with sightseeing in mind. Little does she realize that she is in for a lot more than temples and gardens. Taking one last stab at her past modeling career, June helps her sister open a new fashion company in Japan by doing some posing. Neighborhood crime bosses don't like the idea of foreigners moving into their turf, and quickly take matters into their own hands. When June finds the body of a troublesome coworker in an alley, she takes it as a message from one family to another. Everybody denies knowing anything about the death of the man, but there are ...

ヨーロッパ中を震撼させた大事件を解決したホームズ。その名はヨーロッパ中に響き渡っていた。しかし、その代償は大きく、ホームズは過労の為、神経症になってしまった。見かねたワトソンは、彼に転地療養を勧め、ライギットにいるかつての戦友のもとを訪ねる。しかし、事件はホームズを放ってはおかなかった。ワトソンが反対する中、事件が舞い込んでくる。大地主の家に次々と強盗が入った。2件目の強盗でついに使用人が殺害される。そして事件によってホームズの目は再び輝きを取り戻すのであった。残された謎のメモの断片…。ホームズの推理が見事に冴え渡る! -『ライギット・パズル』(原題:THE REIGATE PUZZLE)は、「ライゲートの謎」や「ライゲイトの大地主」などの邦題で知られる。ちなみに“ライゲート”は間違った発音で、現地での発音は“ライギット”である。(1893年6月初出)ストランド・マガジン「シャーロック・ホームズの記憶」よりFirst published in the Strand Magazine, June. 1893

エドガー・アラン・ポーの短編怪奇小説。可愛がっていた黒猫を発作的に殺してしまったことから、主人公の男は狂気の世界へと落ちていく。猫の呪いと破滅していく男の様子が不気味な雰囲気と迫力を持って描かれている。黒猫が不吉の象徴となったポーの歴史的な傑作です。 ※ 本作品は発表時の未熟な時代背景から、今日の社会では一般的でなく、不適切と思われる表現が含まれている箇所がございます。しかし作品のオリジナル性を最大限に尊重し、なるべく当時のまま忠実に再現することを優先いたしました。(C)2008青空文庫

A novella with the quirkiness of Japanese mysteries and lingering suspense that grows with every page. They barely know each other, but their lives are about to entangle in unexpected ways. Paul, Krishna, Gloria, and Varsha have nothing in common. Only that they have time on their hands to take Spanish language classes and are free for an hour after it to hang around in a café. Over the course of three months, the four grow close to each other, sharing the joys and tribulations of their lives. Paul is lonely after his wife’s death and wanders about the city, collecting plants. Krishna is...

埼玉で二歳の子を含む一家三人を惨殺し、死刑判決を受けている少年死刑囚が脱獄した！　東京オリンピック施設の工事現場、スキー場の旅館の住み込みバイト、新興宗教の説教会、人手不足に喘ぐグループホーム……。様々な場所で潜伏生活を送りながら捜査の手を逃れ、必死に逃亡を続ける彼の目的は？　その逃避行の日々とは？　映像化で話題沸騰の注目作！

In Hillbilly Hollow, even the dead want the last word...When an eccentric local artist meets an untimely end during the annual Flower Festival, Emma gets pulled into two cases at once. First, the murder investigation. Second, the hunt for a dangerous burglar who has the whole town on edge. After all-brawn-and-no-brains Sheriff Tucker declares the death an accident, Emma's search for the killer hits a dead end... until a vengeful ghost comes calling. Can Emma decipher the mad ramblings of the disgruntled spirit?

When Toru Narazaki's girlfriend, Ryoko, disappears, he tries to track her down, despite the warnings of a private detective he's hired to find her. Ryoko's past is shrouded in mystery, but the one concrete clue leads him to a compound in the heart of Tokyo, with a group that seems to be a cult led by a charismatic guru. Narazaki plunges into the secretive world of the cult, ready to expose himself to any of the guru's brainwashing tactics if it means he can learn the truth about Ryoko. But the cult isn't what he expected, and he has no idea of the bubbling violence beneath its surface.