New Edition Hayabusa Shinhachi Goyo Cho 7 (Bunko Hi 1-44)

[Machine Translation] Around the time when red camellias were in bloom at Kofukuji Temple, Shinbei Honjo, an Hatamoto (a feudal lord), was murdered at a detached house of Itakuraya in Kuramae. It is said that he was killed with a blade knife in his left breast. Itakuraya's daughter, Oei, was suspected of the murder. However, Oei was planning to celebrate a wedding with Shinbei in the near future. Shinpachiro Hayabusa, the sword of Hizenmori Negishi, the magistrate of Minamimachi, is a masterful investigator. Includes the title story and seven other masterpieces of Edo detective stories.

弘福寺に赤い寒椿が咲く頃、蔵前の板倉屋の離れで、旗本・本庄新兵衛が殺された。左胸には出刃庖丁が突き立てられていたという。疑義をかけられた板倉屋の娘・お栄。しかし、お栄は近く新兵衛との祝言を控えていたという。南町奉行根岸肥前守の懐刀、隼新八郎の名探索。表題作を含む傑作江戸捕物七篇を収録。