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Pattern of Murder
"Yeah. Death sucks. Every single time. But I've experienced so many, I'm kinda numb to the whole thing now.""Jisei: The First Case"The first game review of the year, is about the last games I played...
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Invisible Green
To do such a thing would be to transcend magic. And I beheld, unclouded by doubt, a magnificent vision of all that invisibility might mean to a man—the mystery, the power, the freedom."The Invisible...
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Camping-Out Murder
「真実はいつも一つ！」『名探偵コナン』 "There's always only one truth!""Detective Conan" I should probably point to the Honkaku-themed Discord server more often. Take a look there if you want to chat with other fans...
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Wrong-Way Door
"There's no place like home.""The Wizard of Oz"I've been watching this Youtube channel where they introduce interesting apartments up for rent in the Tokyo Metropolis area a while now, from apartments...
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Murder Digs Deep
「論理の旋律は必ず真実を奏でる」『スパイラル～推理の絆』"The melody of logic always plays the truth.""Spiral - The Bonds of Reasoning"Spiral ~ Suiri no Kizuna or Spiral ~ The Bonds of Reasoning was a mystery(-themed) manga...
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
“No, no! The adventures first,” said the Gryphon in an impatient tone: “explanations take such a dreadful time.” "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"Always interesting to compare the cover of the pocket...
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I can’t make bricks without clay
Minor service announcement. I am not sure how many readers here make use of the master list of all the reviews/editorials found in the Library, but if you had looked at the list say the last two, three...
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Still Waters
「はい？」 『相棒』 "Excuse me?""Partners"Yes, I know, it's not a bad bookthat usually results in a bland review. It's just a bland book. Aibou ("Partners") is an extremely succesful police drama in Japan...
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Death of an Author
Gimme Love Gimme Love 君は doubt 酷くチャチなこのトリック「真っ赤なlip」 (Wands) Gimme love / Gimme love / Doubt about youWhat a horribly shoddy trick"Brightly Red Lips" (Wands)Back in September, when I discussed volume...
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Dead Man's Tale
’Tis strange,—but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction; if it could be told"Don Juan"This review had to be posted after another one I had already written and scheduled, otherwise...
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Delicious Death for Detectives
「フージョン はっ！」『ドラゴンボール』"Fu- sion! Ha!""Dragon Ball"Aaand I managed to finish this game just in time for its Western release!The whole country has been horrified by a series of murders caused by a...
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Secret Seven Adventure
Seven little Soldier Boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six."And Then There Were None"Semi-regular "hey, there's a Honkaku Discord server" message. Hmm, the...
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What a Night, For a Dark Knight!
"Meow""Batman Returns"Haven't seen that one neighborhood cat roaming around during the winter, hope she comes back with spring...Mikeneko Holmes ("Calico Cat Holmes") is a long-running series by...
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番外編：The Mill House Murders Released
Back in November, I announced Pushkin Press would be publishing my translation of AYATSUJI Yukito's The Mill House House Murders, at the time with a scheduled release date of late February. Sorry for...
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Twisted Tale
"Mr. Goshima, I find the spiral to be very mystical. It fills me with a deep fascination ...like nothing else in nature... No other shape... I'm sure you will understand how wonderful the spiral is!!...
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Missing a Body?
「どすこい」『ストリートファイターII』 "Dosukoi""Street Fighter II"I don't know much about sumo, but I remember one time in Fukuoka when there was going to be one of those big annual sumo events there and it became...
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Thicker Than Water
"Red... White... Blue...""Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney"Chin Shunshin was a Taiwanese-Japanese novelist who was born in Kobe, Japan in 1924 and moved to his family's home country of Taiwan after World...
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Telltale Face
The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, screamed “Off with her head! Off—” "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"Here's your semi-regular "hey, there's...
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Revelations of a Lady Detective
"Rationality, that was it. No esoteric mumbo jumbo could fool that fellow. Lord, no! His two feet were planted solidly on God's good earth""The Lamp of God"I'm not writing this review a year after I...
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The Unseen Door
"My thanks! I find the dead no acquisition, And never cared to have them in my keeping.""Faust" (Bayard Taylor tr.)I read this book in December, but the book is set during a heated summer, which by...
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