Mayakashi Uranai Sho [2] (Shogakukan Bunko J Ya 02-2 Shogakukan Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Chizuru is a fake fortune teller who runs "Rurido" in Hongo Kikuzaka. She uses her keen eye for observation and deductive reasoning to detect the problems of her customers, and then uses her eight-track mind to win them over. One day, Surugaya, a money changer, comes to ask for the lucky day to move. As usual, Chizuru gives the customer the oracle he desires. However, later on, there was a rumor that counterfeit money was again flowing in Edo and that the source was Surugaya. When the customer demanded to know if the move had been a bad one, Chizuru sent her two subordinates, Gonjiro and Umeji, to check the matter out. At the same time, a female customer appears at Rurido. It seems that Oren, who is the gambling house's landlord, used to be Gonjiro's mistress. A few days later, Otsure is found slain... Mystery x Action #2, with a big twist involving the Shogunate!

千鶴は本郷菊坂で「瑠璃堂」を営むニセ占い師だ。卓抜した観察眼と推理力で客の悩みを見抜き、口八丁で丸め込む。ある日、両替商の駿河屋が引越しの吉日を尋ねにきた。千鶴は例のごとく客の望むご託宣を下す。だがその後、江戸に再び贋金が流れ、出所は駿河屋だという噂が立った。「引越しは凶だったのでは」と詰め寄られた千鶴は手下の権次郎と梅治を調べにやる。その頃、瑠璃堂に女の客が現れた。賭場の貸元だという女・お連はかつて権次郎の情婦だったらしい。数日後、お連は斬殺死体で見つかり...。ミステリ×アクション第二弾、幕府を巻き込む大どんでん返し!