Aosa Gi No Musume / Original Title: the MARSH QUEEN (HAYAKAWA POCKET MYSTERY BOOKS 1991)

[Machine Translation] Roni, a bird painter at the Smithsonian Institution, has returned to her hometown in Florida to care for her mother, who suffers from dementia. While packing up her mother's belongings, she finds a mysterious note that reads, "There is something I need to tell you about Boyd's death. Her father Boyd had mysteriously drowned in a swamp 25 years earlier, and his name had become a household word. His father had once likened Ronnie, a keen observer, to the swamp queen who inhabited a blue heron and watched over everything. As Roni begins to explore what happened back then, an unexpected danger looms... A masterpiece of suspense depicting the tragedy hidden in the swamp and the family ties.

スミソニアン博物館に勤める鳥類画家のロニは、認知症を患う母の介護のため、故郷のフロリダに帰ってきた。母の荷物を片づけていると、「ボイドの死についてあなたに話しておかなくてはいけないことがあります」という謎めいたメモを発見。父ボイドは25年前に沼で不審な溺死を遂げ、その名は家では禁句になっていた。かつて観察眼に優れたロニを、アオサギに宿ってすべてを見渡す沼の女王にたとえた父。当時のことを探り始めたロニに思わぬ危険が迫っていた...沼地に隠された悲劇と家族の絆を描く傑作サスペンス。