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Dangerous Relations
"This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace!""Dead Parrot" (Monty Python sketch) This is probably the most...
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Overlooked Tick Tock
I'm late! I'm late! I'm late! And, when I wave I lose the time I save"I'm Late" (Alice in Wonderland)Which reminds me, I still have to finish reading that short story collection where all the stories...
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Beautiful Ruin
「所詮始まりの終わりは終わりの始まりなどではなく、どうしたところで始まりの終わりでしかない。その後に終わりが始まるかどうかは、結局は終わってみないことには分からないのだ。」『サイコロジカル 兎吊木垓輔の戯言殺し』 "After all, the end of the beginning is not the beginning of the end. Ultimately it's nothing...
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Angel of Death
「…君…もしかしてアケルダマの…」『栄光館殺人事件』"Are you... perhaps from Akeldama...?""The Murder Case in the Glory Manor"I haven't spent much time in Nagasaki, but it was funny I could instantly recognize the town in...
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Murder, She Wrote
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Verse 51, Edward FitzGerald translation)Oh man, this cover is gorgeous! Definitely a contender for the best cover of the...
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When the Cicada Calls
"The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.""Revelation...
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Queens Full
"Off with his head!""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"Repeating myself here, but I love this type of cover for short story collections, where each of the stories included is represented properly on the...
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The Dream
この世界が きみを消し去ろうとしても Resist！ぼくが光 追い越して きみを守るよ 「 虹ノ矢ハ折レナイ」（A-set)Resist! Even if this world attempts to erase youI will overtake the light and protect you"The Rainbow Arrow Won't Break" (A-set)And in the...
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The Adventure of the Lover's Leap
I'll be there for you(When the rains stars to pour)"I'll be there for you" (The Rembrandts) I do like travelling by train! Love just sitting in a train and see the scenery slide by while you do...
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The Elusive Heiress
"The family is truly desperate. And when people get desperate, the knives come out.""Knives Out"I haven't seen any mystery films in 4DX theatres yet, but you could do fun things with detective films...
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Bury Me Deep
「いやあ、探偵は謎を解くというか、謎を解いたと人を納得させる職業ですけど」『異世界の名探偵 2 帰らずの地下迷宮』"No, you see, a detective isn't an occupation where you solve mysteries. It's more about convincing people you have solved the mystery.""The...
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
"Our chief weapon is surprise... surprise and fear... fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise... and ruthless efficiency.... Our three weapons are fear, and surprise, and ruthless...
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The Dutch Shoe Mystery
There was an old woman who lived in a shoeShe had so many children, she didn't know what to doShe gave them some broth without any breadThen whipped them all soundly and put them to bedI have these...
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Maze of Mysteries
And now for something completely different."Monty Python's Flying Circus"It's no secret that I mainly focus on puzzle plot mystery fiction on this blog. Note the emphasis on plot: in a mystery story,...
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I Just Didn't Do It
‘We were thirteen. Some fellow failed at the last minute. We never noticed till just the end of dinner.’"Lord Edgware Dies"Anyone seen the movie I Just Didn't Do It? (Soredemo Boku wa Yatteinai). I...
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Lack of Evidence
"I walk in eternity.""Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars"Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku on Switch and PlayStation 4 will be released in January 2021! Let's hope I'll be able to finish the game and write a...
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The Three Coffins
「うるさい、密室のないミステリなんて、クリームのコーヒーみたいなもんだ」「 懐かしい密室」"Shaddup, a mystery without a locked room, that's like coffee without cream.""A Nostalgic Locked Room"Kinda weird the cover doesn't actually feature...
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Twisted Tale
"Off with his head.""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"So the open-world mystery game Paradise Killer is out, which feels like a mix between Danganronpa and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It's been getting...
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Try Again
"Unagi is a total state of awareness, only by achieving true unagi can you be prepared for any danger that may befall you.""Friends"One of my favorite reads last year was Shirodaira Kyou's 2011 novel...
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A Virtual Murder
"To Silicon Valley, huh? Now, let me get this straight. You made up an arcade game, is that it? What is it? One of those mind-numbing, blast-the-enemy space ships gizmos? Or, perhaps it's the one where...
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