本陣殺人事件 The Case of the Honjin Murder by Seishi Yokomizo, 横溝 正史

本陣殺人事件 The Case of the Honjin Murder

Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #1

Seishi Yokomizo, 横溝 正史

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced

407 pages | first published 1973

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江戸時代からの宿場本陣の旧家、一柳家。その婚礼の夜に響き渡った、ただならぬ人の悲鳴と琴の音。離れ座敷では新郎新婦が血まみれになって、惨殺されていた。枕元には、家宝の名琴と三本指の血痕のついた金屏風が残され、一面に降り積もった雪は、離れ座敷を完全な密室にしていた……。アメリカから帰国した金田一耕助の、初登場の作品となる表題作ほか、「車井戸はなぜ軋る」「黒猫亭事件」二編を収録。
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