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The Adventure of the Unspeakable Story
修羅場を演じる時代劇のど真ん中に立ってるみたいだ「2012Spark」（ポルノグラフィティ）I feel like I'm right in the middle of a fight scene of a historical drama "2012Spark" (Porno Graffiti)Perhaps I should also reread the Gyakuten Kenji...
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Trouble in Triplicate
"The thief," said G., is the Minister D--, who dares all things, those unbecoming as well as those becoming a man. The method of the theft was not less ingenious than bold. The document in question --a...
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番外編：The Red Locked Room Released
Some readers may have been disappointed when Locked Room International didn't release a full-length Japanese mystery last year. Abiko's hilarious locked room mystery The 8 Mansion Murders was released...
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Das Fräulein von Scuderi
ほら ti ta ta ta ガラスの針十二回の刻を打てば 聖なる夜の七頭の影が 無力な人形に手を伸ばす 「Marionette Fantasia」（Garnet Crow) Look ti ta ta taWhen the glass hands strike twelve On the holy night, the seven-headed shadowreaches out for the...
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The Mystery of Magnolia Mansion
"We all change, when you think about it, we're all different people; all through our lives, and that's okay, that's good, you've gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used...
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The Adventure of the Red Circle
「この世のどんな出来事であっても、それが文章になってしまった時点で、それはフィクションでしょう。小説というものは、すべてフィクション。ノンフィクション小説、というのはそれだけで自己矛盾、自家撞着してしまうのではないかしら」『QED ベイカー街の問題』"Everything that occurs in this world becomes fiction the moment it is...
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Murder: A Self Portrait
"Now are there any more questions? No? Well, if you don't mind, since my column for tomorrow is put to bed, I would like to do the same thing for myself.""Ellery Queen: The Adventure of the 12th Floor...
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Home Sweet Homicide
"There's no place like home.""The Wizard of Oz"Countries all handle the pandemic in different ways, and while Japan's state of emergency in certain prefectures did not lead to a true lockdown like seen...
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Fairy Tale Killer
ほら ti ta ta ta ガラスの針 十二回の刻を打てば 聖なる夜の七頭の影が 無力な人形に手を伸ばす「Marionette Fantasia」（Garnet Crow） Look ti ta ta ta When the glass handsstrick the time twelve timesSeven shadows on the holy nightReach out to the...
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The Secret of the Fiery Chamber
From that chamber, and from that mansion, I fled aghast. The storm was still abroad in all its wrath as I found myself crossing the old causeway. Suddenly there shot along the path a wild light, and I...
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Deadly Hall
"I’m on a list of murder suspects. Always thought that would be kinda cool. But it’s just tedious.""Tangle Tower"That upcoming open-world Sherlock Holmes game by Frogwares sounds interesting, but I...
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Whispers In the Fog
"You are young yet, my friend," replied my host, "but the time will arrive when you will learn to judge for yourself of what is going on in the world, without trusting to the gossip of others. Believe...
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Track of the Zombie
最大限界行きたいわ 宇宙全体が手品いやい「再生」（Perfume)I want to go all outThe whole universe is just a sleight of hand"Rebirth" (Perfume)Now I think about, with Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet being postponed to 2021,...
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House Arrest
"Curious thing, rooms. Tell you quite a lot about the people who live in them.""Crooked House"Volume 7 of Kindaichi 37-sai no Jikenbo("The Case Files of the 37-year Old Kindaichi") will be released...
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The Man Made Murder
"It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.""The Murders in the Rue Morgue"Always welcoming specific story/volume...
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Accuracy of Death
これは、映画なのか？ゲームなのか？『Death Come True』 "Is this a film? Or a game?""Death Come True" taglineWe usually expect to find the name of the author on a novel, and the same holds for the screenplay writer in film...
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Trouble in Warp Space
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There"I don't like doing reviews of the same author in a row, so I'm...
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The Case of the Rising Stars
唄え 踊れ 無数のライトが闇を照らす世界は一つの舞台「世界はひとつの舞台」（marina）Sing! Dance! Numerous lights shall illuminate the darknessAll the world's a stage"All the World's a Stage" (marina)Huh, the previous Kindaichi 37-sai no...
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Diamonds Are a Ghoul's Best Friend
"Curious, how everyone who touches those diamonds seems to... die.""Diamonds are Forever"Kaiki Tantei Sharaku Homura ("Sharaku Homura: Detective of the Uncanny") was easily one of my most surprising...
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Said with Flowers
"Dahlias?""What do they signify?""Insecurity." "Hmm. I dont' want to give her the wrong idea about me...""Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars"With newer series, I still manage to read things in the...
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