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Murder, Country Style
"Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood""The Masque of Red Death"I knew this book only from the listings on webshops with just a small picture of the cover; I only...
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The Labyrinth Seduction
"There is no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one.""Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings"I wasn't aware the full title of this book was so long until I started writing...
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The Time Thief
We could steal time just for one dayWe can be heroes for ever and ever "Heroes" (David Bowie) Gorgeous cover!Earlier this year, I discussed Yuuki Haruo's Salome no Guillotine, a very memorable mystery...
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Regarding the English translation of The Labyrinth House Murders
My translation of The Labyrinth House Murders (Yukito AYATSUJI) was released three weeks ago in the UK by Pushkin Press. I hope the people who have read it enjoyed it, and that those who still have to...
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The Bear Detectives
Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessitiesForget about your worries and your strife"The Bare Necessities" (Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman) While I am not in direct contact with current...
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room
もしも 生まれ変わっても また私に生まれたい この体と この色で 生き抜いてきたんだから 「Yellow Yellow Happy」（ポケットビスケッツ） If I would be born again, I want to be born as myself againBecause I have survived in this body and this color until...
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The Poet and the Lunatics
"One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn't going to go off.""Letter from Chekhov to Aleksandr Semenovich Lazarev"I like this cute cover!Publisher Tokyo Sogensha has been offering a...
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A History of Murder
Step by Step あせることなんてないのさ「Step by Step」(Ziggy) Step by Step, no need to be impatient"Step by Step" (Ziggy) Personally, when it comes to titles of short story collections, I actually prefer those with...
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Fear of the Fire Beast!
胸を焦がす Fire...恋人も 燃える『逆転裁判4』 Fire... charring my heartBurning even my love"Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney"Yes, the title of today's book makes it very, very hard to look up in its romanized form. At...
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Remember to Ring Twice
"I'm going slap happy""South Park"I always think of white and blue when I think of the covers for the Koigakubo Academy books, even those are not even the primary colors for every cover...Disclosure: I...
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Triple Death
"Our three weapons are fear, and surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope... Our four... no... Amongst our weapons... Amongst our weaponry... are such elements...
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Steal Me a Story
"There is no agony like it. You sit in a room, biting pencils, looking at a typewriter, walking about, or casting yourself down on a sofa, feeling you want to cry your head off.""The Writing Habits of...
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The Vanishing Victim Mystery
In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you,...
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Broadway Malady
"The show must go on"Phrase in show business Note to self: typing with just one hand because of a broken elbow is time consuming. That is why this post is a bit shorter than usual.Detective Conanvolume...
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Turnabout Memories - Part 14
"I have to go over everything that's happened. I have to remember" Another Code R: Journey into Lost Memories I always post a 'let's look back at the most interesting mystery fiction of this year'...
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A Model Murder
"No matter how abstract the painting, he always signs his name realistically.""Columbo: Suitable for Framing"As I do so often, I went into this book without any prior knowledge or even reading the...
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Fire, Burn!
"You call it hope—that fire of fire!""Tamerline"When I read this... it was not a hot summer day, but a surprisingly cool one, and by the time this review is posted, it's probably a cold winter...
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Mine Your Own Business
"Moria. You fear to go into those mines. The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dûm. Shadow and flame.""The Fellowship of the Ring"It's not...
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Write, She Murdered
「これですべてが変わる……この俺の運命……カカロットの運命……そして……キサマの運命も!!」 『ドラゴンボールZ たったひとりの最終決戦〜フリーザに挑んだZ戦士 孫悟空の父〜』"Now everything changes. (...) As well as your fate. This is where it ends!"Dragon Ball Z: A Final, Solitary...
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Finessing the King
"I have billions of eyes, yet I live in darkness. I have millions of ears, yet only four lobes. I have no muscle, yet I rule two hemispheres. What am I?""Batman: The Animated Series"Rather than reading...
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