Sabishi Karyudo (Shincho Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Tanabe Bookstore is located on the ground floor of a small apartment building under the Arakawa river bank in downtown Tokyo. It is a commonplace antiquarian bookstore run by the owner, Mr. Iwa, and his grandson, Minoru. However, various incidents unfold in this bookstore. An ordinary office worker finds a business card tucked into a book she picked up from a train rack. Hundreds of identical books are found among her father's belongings. Iwa-san and Minoru solve the mysteries that arise from the books. A bookish series of short stories.

東京下町、荒川土手下にある小さな共同ビルの一階に店を構える田辺書店。店主のイワさんと孫の稔で切り盛りするごくありふれた古書店だ。しかし、この本屋を舞台に様々な事件が繰り広げられる。平凡なOLが電車の網棚から手にした本に挟まれていた名刺。父親の遺品の中から出てきた数百冊の同じ本。本をきっかけに起こる謎をイワさんと稔が解いていく。ブッキッシュな連作短編集。