Squid So No Satsujin

[Machine Translation] The long-awaited client came to the Ukai Detective Agency, where even the quietest birds do not come to visit. The man is, to his surprise, Saburo Komine, the president of a powerful company in Karasugawa City. Saburo wants me to accompany him to Squid Manor, where he is staying for Christmas, to protect him from blackmailers. The strangely shaped house, built on a precipitous cliff, has been hit by heavy snowfall, and the mood is one that suggests a mysterious incident is about to occur. While the detective and his assistant are busy drinking and enjoying the hot springs, the murderer is creeping up on them... There are suspicious people everywhere! What's the truth behind the surprise!

閑古鳥さえ寄りつかない鵜飼探偵事務所に、待望の依頼人が訪れた。その男は、なんと烏賊川市の有力企業社長・小峰三郎。三郎は、クリスマスに宿泊するスクイッド荘に同行し、脅迫者から自分を護ってほしいという。断崖絶壁に建つ奇妙な形のスクイッド荘は大雪に見舞われ、いかにも怪事件が起こりそうなムード。探偵と助手が酒と温泉にうつつを抜かしている間に、殺人者はひたひたと忍び寄り...あっちもこっちも不審者だらけ!驚天動地の真相とは!?