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Uneasy Lies The Crown
"See, I knew there was something going on. Of course, the Big Cheese made two mistakes. First of all he didn't recognize me: Lemming, Arthur Lemming, Special Investigator, British Dental Association,...
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The Crooked Hinge
潮風にゆれる紙も大好きだったけど、ただ何となくそうよ何となく髪を短くしたのよあなたのせいじゃないわ少しだけセシルの気持ちがわかったの「セシルカット」（戸川純） I did love how my hair dance in the sea breeze,But for some reason, just for no reason, I cut my hair shortIt isn't...
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Middle Point Symphony
「聖闘士には同じ技は2度通用しない」 『聖闘士星矢』 "The same technique won't work twice on a Saint." "Saint Seiya"I love the cover of this book. Too bad it never gets as awesome as on the cover. I'd have loved to see a more...
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Hello Mr. Detective
「この簡単な事件、俺が33分もたせてやる」 『３３分探偵』 I'll drag this simple case out for thirty-three minutes!"33 Minutes Detective"Mystery fiction is at the core about the process of solving a mystery, that is to say, it's...
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Cold Reading
Please Set Disk Card(Famicom Disk System boot-up screen)PrologueTakada Naoya is the young assistant of private detective Utsugi Shunsuke, a man so trusted by the authorities he's called in when the...
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Night Prowler
What if that star is not to comeWill their dreams fade to nothing? When the horizon darkens mostWe all need to believe there is hope"Wind's Nocturne" (From: Lunar: Silver Star) I occasionally receive...
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A Matter of Honor
"You rang?""The Addams Family" The funny thing is that everybody thought that IQ246, a show in the 2016 fall season, was going to be today's topic when it was first announced, as that show was about...
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Question
笑いたきゃ笑うがいい 失敗ばかりだけどブルーナ気分にならないのさ俺は金も勇気もなにひとつないけれど力の限り生きてゆくさ「羞恥心」（羞恥心）You can laugh all you want / I might be making mistakes all the timeBut yet I'll never feel blueI have no money, nor courage,But...
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Midnight Luna Sea
ひとつの目で明日を見てひとつの目で昨日を見つめてる 君の愛の揺りかごでもう一度安らかに眠れたら『The Real Folk Blues』（山根麻衣）I look at tomorrow with one eyeWhile my other eye is fixed on the pastIf only I could once again sleep in peaceIn the cradle of...
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Double Purpose
Judge not, that ye be not judged."Gospel of Matthew 7:1" (King James tr.)I don't really keep tabs on writers and new releases actually, not even of writers I do like. I just make random searches once...
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She Sailed Away
We are all rowing a boat of fate The waves keep on comin' and we can't escape"Life Is Like A Boat" (Rie Fu)Note to self: need to try Russian food some time.Mitarai Kiyoshi seriesSenseijutsu Satsujin...
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Ashes and Diamonds
'Tell me, Commander, how far does your expertise extend into the field of diamonds?'- 'Well, hardest substance found in nature, they cut glass, suggests marriage, I suppose it replaced the dog as the...
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The Most Crucial Game
から紅に染まる渡月橋導かれる日願って川の流れに祈りを込めてI've been thinking about youI've been thinking about youいつもこころ君のそば「渡月橋 ～君 思ふ～」（倉木麻衣） The Togetsukyou-Bridge is colored crimson Oh I wish for the day that we'll be led...
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The Rules of a Gentleman Thief
「いつ何時なりとも、ポーカーフェイスを忘れるな」『まじっく快斗』"No matter the time or place, never forget to put on a poker face.""Magic Kaito"The gentleman-thief KID has been a very popular character in Detective Conan ever since...
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Sing A Song of Sixpence
"No lesser crime than murder will suffice.""Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories"Not that this is a bad cover (to the contrary!), but I do miss the bold use of the color yellow of the previous...
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Time Hollow
The days and the months are drifting byAs though they didn't notice seasons changing in the breeze They all look the same but I sense something's there"Time Hollow" (Mouse)It might be because of where...
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The Adventure of the Dancing Men
"There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet.""His Last Bow"I've reviewed only one mystery game this year, it seems (and a couple of other game-related...
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Dead Weight
僕にしか言えない言葉を今君に届けたい「君に届け」（Flumpool）I want to send you the words only I can say to you now"Reaching You" (Flumpool) 'T was in the summer of 2012 that I first read a novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, as...
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Cloudy Memory
上空舞うもの達とOver Drive どこまでも青い世界にいたい 「Over Drive」（Garnet Crow)Together with those that dance in the sky high in Over DriveI want to be in a world that is blue everywhere"Over Drive" (Garnet Crow)You know,...
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The Vanishing Magician
月夜の悪戯の魔法 君は月影に囚われ新月 闇に潜むように 君の輪郭が見えない「月夜の悪戯の魔法」（Breakerz） Mischievous magic on this moonlit night / You are captive of the moon's shadowYou can't be seen / As if you're hiding in the darkness of a new...
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