Oyako Taka Ju Te Biyori (Shogakukan Bunko J O01-1 Shogakukan Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Shobei Tanioka, once known as "Tsumego Doshin," now lives in retirement with his wife Shino. They have been married for many years since they hit it off with each other. Shobei Tanioka has passed the reigns of the family to his son Seishiro, who was born healthy and grew up to be an honest man, and has married the beautiful and witty Haruka to spend the rest of his life in comfort. Today, while making toys for the neighborhood children, Seishiro comes to see him. Yahei, the owner of Kasa-no-ya, a travel goods merchant in Komagome, has been murdered. Sticking out of his corpse was a pair of pruning shears. Only one ryo was stolen. There was still 19 ryo left in the drawer... A father and son work together to solve a puzzling case in this detective story.

かつて詰碁同心と呼ばれた谷岡祥兵衛は、いまでは妻の紫乃とふたりで隠居に暮らす身だ。食いしん坊同士で意気投合、夫婦になってから幾年月。健康に生まれ、馬鹿正直に育った息子の誠四郎に家督を譲り、気の利いた美しい春霞を嫁に迎え、気楽な余生を過ごしている。今日も近所の子たちに玩具を作ってやっていると、誠四郎がやって来た。駒込で旅道具を商う笠の屋の主・弥平が殺されたというのだ。亡骸の腹に突き立っていたのは剪定鋏。そして盗まれたのは、たったの一両。抽斗には、まだ十九両も残っているのだが...。不可解な事件に父子で立ち向かう捕物帖。