Abstract

Taking a leave of absence from college, Toshihide Sata is working part-time trying to figure out what to do with his life. His job takes him to a mansion in need of a new chandelier, where he runs into a cat and a man who claims to be its secretary/driver, also visitors to the mansion which is the site of a mysterious death. The cat, introduced as Mr. Aloysius Nyan, a businessman(cat), solves the mystery of the death with class and flourish, his meows interpreted by his secretary Mr. Maruyama. A series of serious but adorable mystery stories starring "detective cat" Mr. Nyan.

Also published, “The Innocence of Mr. Nyan” and “Mr. Nyan’s Blues”.

Author’s Information

Born 1960 in Ishikawa Pref. Graduate of Ochanomizu Women’s University. Debuted in 1989 with “Ijigen Kafeterasu (Café Terrace in a Different Dimention)”, Matsuo is a proficient writer of mysteries and science fiction.