Ogura Nyuaratame Jiken Cho [3] (Chuko Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The "Mikurori-iru-kai" searches for appeals and unsolved cases that have not been taken up by the town magistrate's office or the fire thief's reformatory. Okon, the most popular member of the group, receives a consultation from "Saru-Tora-no-Ochan," a suri born in Osaka. She finds that the wallet she had taken from a samurai contained 50 ryo as an apology, along with a letter to the bereaved family of a carpenter she had rudely killed.... ("Sekisei Saisei Shu"). Including the title story, this is a collection of four poignant and humane historical novels.

町奉行所や火盗改が取り上げぬ訴えや未解決事件を探索する御蔵入改。紅一点のお紺は、大坂生まれのすり「猿寅のおっちゃん」から相談を受ける。武士からすり取った財布に、無礼討ちにした大工の遺族への書状と共に、詫び賃として五十両が入っていたというのだが...(「世直し酒」)。表題作を含む痛快&人情時代小説全四篇。