Emma No Yonaoshi Zennin Nagaya (Shincho Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Senju no nagaya is called "good-man's tenement house" by those around it. On the surface, all the foremen and shopkeepers are good-natured, but in reality, they are all crooks running underworld businesses. One day, a group of three men who call themselves the "Enma Gang" attack and slaughter the heads of the underworld one after another. The dark activities of the "Enma-gumi," which pretends to be a group of "Tenchu," cannot be overlooked as a matter of course. Can the search for the truth behind the eyes of the tenement house investigators and the skills of the underworld gang be successful in uncovering their true identities? A historical novel full of humanity.

周囲から「善人長屋」と呼ばれる千七長屋。差配も店子も表向きは堅気のお人好し揃いだが、実は裏稼業を営む悪党だらけ。ある日、「閻魔組」と名乗る三人組によって裏社会の頭衆が次々に襲われ、惨殺される事件が発生する。天誅を気取る「閻魔組」の暗躍は、他人事として見過ごせない。長屋を探る同心の目を潜り、裏稼業の技を尽くした探索は奴らの正体を暴けるか。人情溢れる時代小説。