Abstract

A masterpiece of a mystery unraveled by a single umbrella

A boy in the Broadcasting Club was stabbed to death after school in the Old Gymnasium of Kazegaoka High School. It was just after the last class, and raining heavily outside. The police assume that the crime was committed by the only person in the locked-room gym: the head of the Girls Table Tennis Club. Yuno, a member of the Table Tennis Club, asks Tenma Urazome, a no-good anime nerd who lives at the school and is known as a genius, to get to the bottom of the situation to save the head of the club. Then, carefully and logically investigating, he quickly proves the innocence of the head of the table tennis club. So who is the real culprit? A single umbrella in the men’s restroom sets the stage for a raging mystery. The “Ellery Queen of the Heisei era” challenges readers to refine their logic in this full-length mystery.

Author’s Information

Born in Kanagawa in 1991. Graduate of Meiji University. He was a member of his university’s Mystery Club and made his debut in 2012 while still a university student, winning the 22nd Tetsuya Ayukawa Award for Taiikukan no satsujin (Murder in the Gymnasium). He is popular for his Ellery Queen-like logical development and the charm of his characters. His other books include “Tenma Urazome” series’ Suizokukan no satsujin (Murder at the Aquarium), Kazegaoka 50 endama matsuri no nazo (The Mystery of the Kazegaoka 50 Yen Coin Festival), and Toshokan no satsujin (Murder at the Library), the “Andeddo garu mada farusu (Undead Girl Murder Farce)” series, the “Nokkin on rokku doa (Knockin’ on Locked Door)” series, and Socho shihatsu no sappukei (The Stark Girl on the Early Morning First Train.)