Kabane Jin So No Satsujin

[Machine Translation] Yuzuru Hayamura and Kyosuke Akechi, the president of the Shinbeni University Mystery Club, visit the Shitan-so pension with Hiruko Kenzaki, a detective girl from the same university, in order to join the summer camp of the notoriously difficult film club. On the first night of the camp, Kyosuke and the other members of the film club go out to test their courage, but they encounter an unimaginable situation and are forced to lock themselves up in Shitan-so. A night of tension and confusion ensues. One of the club members is found slaughtered in a locked room. But this is only the beginning of a series of murders...! In the depths of ultimate despair, will Hayamura, Akechi, and Hiruko survive and solve the mystery? The 27th Tetsuya Ayukawa Award-winning novel, which was highly acclaimed by the selection committee, is a perfect fusion of fantasy and authentic mystery!

神紅大学ミステリ愛好会の葉村譲と会長の明智恭介は、曰くつきの映画研究部の夏合宿に加わるため、同じ大学の探偵少女、剣崎比留子と共にペンション紫湛荘を訪ねた。合宿一日目の夜、映研のメンバーたちと肝試しに出かけるが、想像しえなかった事態に遭遇し紫湛荘に立て籠もりを余儀なくされる。緊張と混乱の一夜が明け―。部員の一人が密室で惨殺死体となって発見される。しかしそれは連続殺人の幕開けに過ぎなかった...!!究極の絶望の淵で、葉村は、明智は、そして比留子は、生き残り謎を解き明かせるか?!奇想と本格ミステリが見事に融合する選考委員大絶賛の第27回鮎川哲也賞受賞作!