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A Matter of Form
Be our guestPut our service to the testTie your napkin 'round your neck, cherieAnd we provide the rest"Be Our Guest"A few years back, I reviewed some novels written by Dutch writer/translator/radio...
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Riverboat Ruse
「あま もし さいしょから やりなおす ことが できれば なんとか なるのに・・・」 『ミシシッピー殺人事件』"Oh dear! If only we could redo this all from the beginning...""Murder on the Mississippi"In general, I take a positive approach when writing a...
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The Mystery at Lilac Inn
「Aの予感」『名探偵コナン 14番目の標的』 "A sign of 'A'""Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target"Like the two Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato devolumes and Kagi no Kakatta Heya last month, we have a novel today I had been...
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The Raven Chaser
「三郎、思考の樹を育てろ」『ダイダロス：ジ・アウェイクニング・オブ・ゴールデンジャズ』 "Saburou, nurture the Tree of Knowledge""Daedalus: The Awakening of Golden Jazz"Last review of the year (not the last post)!Tantei Jinguuji Saburou series 1:...
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Turnabout Memories - Part 8
"I have to go over everything that's happened. I have to remember"Another Code R: Journey into Lost Memories Like always, I am wrapping up this year with a short overview of the posts of 2018 that...
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Running to Horizon
走る走る俺たち 流れる汗もそのままに いつかたどり着いたら 君にうちあけられるだろ 「Runner」 （爆風スランプ）We run, we run, with sweat pouring down But when I finally make it there, I will be able to confess to you"Runner" (Bakufu Slump)Every year,...
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Springtime Crime
春には春の生き方があり夏には夏の風が吹きます 「籟・来・也」（Garnet Crow）Spring has spring's way to liveSummer has summer's wind blowing"Rai Rai Ya" (Garnet Crow) Now I think about it, this is the first time I read a book in the...
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Writ in Stone
"Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall.""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"I was always more a fan of...
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Stop the Clock
「時を戻すことができました」『アリバイ崩し承ります』"I have succeeded in restoring the time."" ("Alibi Cracking, At Your Service")So in the time between me reading this book and the review getting published, this book won the...
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The Bicycle Thief
平坦であれ曲がりくねってようとクルクルとまわる自転車のタイヤのもよう「Over Blow」(Garnet Crow)Stay levelLike the tire tracks of a bicycle turning round and round even as they make a curve"Over Blow" (Garnet Crow)Perhaps I should only...
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The Adventure of the Wary Witness
「スタート！その時だった。僕の頭に新しいスタートという言葉が思い浮かんだ。」『語り＠学校』（爆笑レッドシアターコント）"Start! Then it came to me. The words Fresh Start popped up in my head.""Narration @ School" (Bakushou Red Theater sketch)There exists a very...
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The House of Dreams
Some there be that shadows kiss; Such have but a shadow's bliss. "The Merchant of Venice"Sometimes I don't read Dutch mystery novels for years, sometimes I read them one after another... (Yes, the...
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Turnabout Big Top
"Off with their heads!""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" I got the e-book version of this book, but I hate clowns, so I'm not going to use that cover here. It was on a hot, nay, a very hot day when...
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The Secret of the Forgotten Cave
"The bug is to make my fortune.""The Gold Bug"Four years ago, I read my first novel written by Kim Nae-seong (1909-1957), who is commonly seen as the father of the Korean detective story. Kim was born...
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The Thirteenth Pearl
「美しさは人の心惑わす月のようにあの夏の朧月夜煌めき続ける」「儚い珠のように・・・」(星守紗凪)Beauty is like the moon that deceives the hearts of peopleIt keeps on shining like the misty moonlit night in the summer"Hakanai Tama no You ni..."...
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Two Points to Murder
「私は、その男の写真を三葉、見たことがある。」『人間失格』"I have seen three photographs of that man.""No Longer Human"When Yokomizo Seishi's fictional detective Kindaichi Kousuke first appeared in the excellent locked room murder...
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The Dragon's Secret
「明日 僕は龍の足元へ崖を登り 呼ぶよ「さあ、行こうぜ」」『 銀の龍の背に乗って』（中島みゆき) "Tomorrow I will climb the cliff to the feet of the dragon and cry out "Let's depart!""Climbing on the Back of the Silver Dragon" (Nakajima Miyuki)The...
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Ghost in the Machinery
「最後の列車を待つ 疲れ果てた真夜中のホーム」 「ファイティングポーズの詩」（馬場俊英）"Waiting for the last train / on the platform in the dead-tired night""Fighting Pose Song" (Baba Toshihide) One of the little things I like, but seldom use...
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Turnabout Power vs. Supernatural Power
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「The Real Folk Blues」（山根麻衣） One eye looks at tomorrow,While the other eye stares at yesterday"The Real Folk Blues" (Yamane Mai)Late November last year, I reviewed Imamura...
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Appointment with Death
Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutantDe Vita Caesarum "Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die salute you.""The Life of the Caesars"I love the cover art of this book!Jarimistan is a small nation in...
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