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The Clue in the Antique Trunk
We are all rowing the boat of fateThe waves keep on comin' and we can't escape"Life is Like a Boat" (Rie Fu) To be honest, if I were to fish something out of the canals of Amsterdam, I wouldn't be...
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A Script for Danger
「警察？あんたが？」「はい」「保険会社の人かと思った」「よく言われます」「禁断の筋書（プロット）」"You're with the police?""Yes.""I thought you were selling insurances.""People often do.""The Forbidden Plot"Even with series I like, I usually don't...
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Bear Witness to Murder
Three little Soldier Boys walking in the zoo;A big bear hugged one and then there were two.Disclosure: I translated novels by both Arisugawa Alice (The Moai Island Puzzle) and Ayatsuji Yukito (The...
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Stand and Deliver
"Foaf is a word I invented to stand for 'friend of a friend,' the person to whom so many of these dreadful things I am about to recount happens." "It's True, It Happened to a Friend" (Dale, R....
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Answer
"A detective story must have as its main interest the unravelling of a mystery; a mystery whose elements are clearly presented to the reader at an early stage in the proceedings, and whose nature is...
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Danger in Disguise
The clouds are heavy. - Yes, a storm is approaching."The Valley of Fear"It was late last year when I finally read Imamura Masahiro's debut novel Shijinsou no Satsujin ("The Murders in the Villa of the...
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Dark Night of the Hunters
This happened to a friend of a friend... This'll probably be the last normal review post of this year! Houjou Maki is a new graduate from the police academy and as part of her training period before...
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Turnabout Memories - Part 9
"I have to go over everything that's happened. I have to remember"Another Code R: Journey into Lost MemoriesIt is probably the most boring manner in which one can end the year, but alas, it's the...
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No Time To Die
"Time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart” "Momo"And it's right back to business at the start of the new year!Rena had been confronted with the reality of the "Ryuuzen Curse" all her...
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Teeny Tiny Murder
So when in tears The love of yearsIs wasted like the snow"The Forest Reverie" (Edgar Allan Poe) Oh man, I really only reviewed only one volume of Detective Conan last year! Let's hope this year the...
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The Headless Lady
「探偵って、そういうものなんじゃないのかな？少なくとも僕はそう思っているよ。探偵とは、大多数の人間を納得させて、事件を終わらせる存在だよ」『異世界の名探偵 1 首なし姫殺人事件』"Isn't that exactly what a detective is though? A detective is someone who can convince the majority of the...
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The Secret of the Old Mill
‘We were thirteen. Some fellow failed at the last minute. We never noticed till just the end of dinner.’ "Lord Edgware Dies"Thinking of tridecagons, I realized I can't even count anymore in (classical)...
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Shiver and Shake, That Demon's a Snake
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountainsCan you paint with all the colors of the wind"Colors of the Wind" (from: Pocahontas) The current (January 2020) opening sequence of the Detective Conan...
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A Fairy in the Flat
まるで幽霊（ゴースト）煙のようにあっけなく彼女いなくなっちまった 「フェアリー（完全犯罪）」（甲斐バンド）Like a ghost, gone up in smokeShe disappeared"Fairy (The Perfect Crime)" (Kai Band) Last year, I discussed several female manga authors who were...
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Question! Answer!
Detective fiction is all about questions. Whodunit? Howdunit? Whydunit? Why-is-this-considered-detective-fiction-it's-nothing-like-oooooooh-now-I-get-it. There has to be some kind of mystery, an...
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The Secret Lost at Sea
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know."Oh, The Places You'll Go!"Ashibe Takuloves...
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Greed
いまから嘘をつくよたった一度の君へ嘘『君への嘘』(Valshe) "I am going to lie nowMy one and only lie I will tell you""My lie to you" (Valshe)About a month ago, I repeated the intention to write something about Liar Game,...
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The Clue of the Velvet Mask
"We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin"André Berthiaume Funny thing though, these stories are not nearly as creepy as the cover might...
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Time After Time
Time after time 君と出会った奇跡緩やかな風吹く街で「Time after time~花舞う街で」（倉木麻衣） Time after timeThe miracle of meeting youIn the city where the gente wind blows"Time after Time ~ In The City Of The Dancing Flowers)...
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The Secret Garden
`Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, `and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"2018's Honkaku Mystery Comics Seminar was a seminal study that...
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