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諸事万端相談所まるなげ堂の事件簿 (富士見L文庫)

Fantasia Grand Award

諸事万端相談所まるなげ堂の事件簿 (富士見L文庫)

阿澄森羅

Shinya Niimi works for Marunagedo, a slightly illegal problem-solving agency in Shinjuku. Asked to deal with a headless body in an upscale apartment and find the missing resident, he is drawn into an old curse and a secret tied to himself.

odd-job agencyyouth suspensesupernaturalunderworldcurse

Work Information

An under-the-table job becomes a youth suspense story involving a headless body and a centuries-old curse.

The award title Iranai Chikara was published as Shoji Bantan Sodanjo Marunagedo no Jikenbo. A body-disposal job and a missing-person search brought to a Shinjuku agency awaken a centuries-old curse and a secret connected to the protagonist.

Review Summaries

  • Readers note the surprise of a shady job expanding into supernatural history and enjoy the exchanges between Shinya and Eiji. The intensity of the violent imagery divides opinion.

Book Information

Publisher
KADOKAWA/富士見書房
Published
2014-07-10
Pages
288 pages
Language
日本語
Size
10.7 x 1.4 x 14.8 cm
ISBN-13
9784040702445
ISBN-10
4040702441
Price
638 JPY
Category
本/文学・評論/文芸作品

少しばかり違法なことも請け負う便利屋まるなげ堂。新見真哉が任されたのは高級マンションの一室に転がる首のない半裸女性の遺体の処理と、行方不明の部屋の主を捜すことだった。イリーガルな青春ミステリー開幕。

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