Abstract

Real bullets are fired on stage during a live show!
College detective Ayumi is hired to uncover the truth, but her investigation hits a wall.
Then, an SOS arrives from the troupe's star actor: a woman she met is being targeted by the Yakuza...

A recent entry in the "Bride Series"—one of the longest-running humor mystery series spanning over 40 years, written by the famous author of The Casebooks of Mikeneko Holmes!

Author’s Information

Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1948. Made his debut in 1976 with Yūrei Ressha (The Ghost Train), which won the 15th All Yomimono Mystery Fiction New Writer Award. In 1980, he was awarded the 7th Kadokawa Novel Prize for Akusai ni Sasageru Rekuiemu (Requiem for a Bad Wife). In 2006, he received the 9th Japan Mystery Literature Grand Prize, followed by the 50th Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for Literature in 2016 for Tōkyō Zero-nen (Tokyo Year Zero). He has authored numerous celebrated series, including the Bride series, Calico Cat Holmes series, Three Detective Sisters series, and Sayaka Sugihara series. In 2025, his total number of published books since debut reached 660. He is a truly iconic, household-name author who consistently produces bestsellers.