Shi Kamen (Kadokawa Bunko)

[Machine Translation] In the fall of 1948, Kosuke Kindaichi, who had solved the "Village of Eight Tombs" case, stopped by the Okayama Prefectural Police to say hello. There, Inspector Isogawa told Kosuke a story about an eerie death mask. A woman who had killed a man in Tokyo and was hiding out in Okayama was found decomposing, and a plaster death mask was left behind at the scene. Kosuke returns to Tokyo and is visited by the dead woman's sister. The Kadokawa paperback edition published in 1984 is reprinted, including "Shanghai's Collected Works" published just before his death.

昭和23年秋、「八つ墓村」事件を解決した金田一耕助は、岡山県警へ挨拶に立ち寄った。そこで磯川警部は耕助に、無気味な死仮面にまつわる話を聞かせた。東京で人を殺し、岡山に潜伏中の女が腐爛死体で発見されたが、その現場に石膏のデス・マスクが残されていたというのだ。帰京した耕助は、死んだ女の姉の訪問を受けるが...。巨匠幻の本格推理に逝去直前に発表した「上海氏の蒐集品」を併録、昭和59年刊行の角川文庫版を復刊。