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The Burning Question
"Match wits with Ellery Queen and see if you can guess whodunnit""Ellery Queen (avant-title)"I don't have that many books with bright yellow covers I think....One of my favorite reads last year was...
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Death Takes a Dive
(KICK) ルール破りの(JUMP) 悪の超人さあお遊びはココまでだ！(ATTACK)ラスト５秒の(FIRE)逆転ファイター俺は炎のキン肉マン炎のキン肉マン（串田アキラ） (KICK) Those cheating (JUMP) Evil supermenNo more playing games now!(ATTACK) I'm the fighter who turns things...
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Survival of the Fittest
Memento moriRemember you will dieI like Enta Shiho's art, but all these covers with just a girl's face looking at the camera all feel kinda samey after a while... People probably didn't quite expect...
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The Last Free Man
"Nothing is impossible," declared The Thinking Machine with equal emphasis. He always spoke petulantly. "The mind is master of all things. When science fully recognizes that fact a great advance will...
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The Dark Side of the Door
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;— Darkness there and nothing more."The Raven" (Edgar Allan Poe) Two of the...
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Murder in the Maze
"Our readers are children! Millions of bloodthirsty little kids, and we give them what they want!""The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader"Note to self: when planning posts in advance, make sure not...
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Masquerade Death
The mask which concealed the visage was made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse that the closest scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the cheat. "The Masque of Red...
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Three Strikes, You're Out
"There must be something comforting about the number three. People always give up after three""Sherlock"Wow, it's been almost four years since I last wrote something about this series? Tantei Jinguuji...
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A Double for Detection
Wishing on a dream that seems far off, hoping it will come today"Wind's Nocturne"Hmm, discussions on non-Japanese comics are rather rare on this blog, which is why I use the manga tag for all...
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A Little Night Work
“I looked down at the chessboard. The move with the knight was wrong. I put it back where I had moved it from. Knights had no meaning in this game. It wasn't a game for knights.” "The Big Sleep"Brown...
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Castle Skull
We'll fight you in the harbor.We'll battle you on land.When you meet singing pirates... They'll be more than you can stand."The Curse of Monkey Island"I sometimes hardly read the summary/blurb of a...
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The Organ Speaks
"It's not a ghost. It's a player piano.""Scooby Doo, Where Are You?"Speaking of man-eating pianos, go watch the Japanese horror film House! Earlier this year, I reviewed Spiral ~ Suiri no Kizuna 2:...
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The Adventure of the Secret Partner
Sparking!!"CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" (影山ヒロノブ） Sparking!!"CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" (Kageyama Hironobu)I do love my Detective Pikachu tote bag and mug I got with the game... I wish more mystery media had...
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J.B. as in Jailbird
あなたの声で just next stage resume and "Revive"「Revive」（倉木麻衣） In your voice, just next stage resume and "Revive""Revive" (Kuraki Mai)Never again...Allow me to tell you about a person, who read the 2004...
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Phantom of the Knight
"Only you can put the king in check, vigilante. Move according to the rules, or it's the end of the day.""Batman: The Animated Series"I wish we could return to the schedule of having three or four new...
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Dead Man's Hand
"It's good to be the king.""History of the World: Part 1"To be honest, I really dislike writing posts on books I feel... very indifferent about. Disclosure: I translated Norizuki Rintarou's short story...
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The Losing Game
「兄は兄。僕は僕ですから」『内田康夫DSミステリー 名探偵・浅見光彦シリーズ「副都心連続殺人事件」』"My brother is my brother. And I am myself.""Uchida Yasuo DS Mystery - The Great Detective Asami Mitsuhiko Series: The Fukutoshin Serial Murder...
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Vampire Bats and Scaredy Cats
The world seems full of good men—even if there are monsters in it."Dracula"I have to admit, as much as I like reading short story collections, I really don't like writing reviews for them because they...
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Door to Death
One year ago, I asked about whether anyone knew about any interesting honkaku-focused Discord servers, and as it appeared there wasn't one yet, I decided to open the Honkaku Discord server myself. And...
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Choosing Sides
A place for everything and everything in its place.(Saying)Time for my single anthology review of the year... And yes, it's a bit late this year...Disclosure: I am a member of the Honkaku Mystery...
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