Tera Aru Ta No Zoo / Original Title: TERRA ALTA (HAYAKAWA POCKET MYSTERY BOOKS 1999)

[Machine Translation] Terra Alta, a rural town in Catalonia, Spain. The president and his wife of Adel Art Printing, the wealthiest man in the town, were brutally murdered. The couple was found lying in a pool of their own blood in a horribly disfigured state, having been tortured severely before being killed. After encountering Hugo's "Les Miserables" while in prison, Melchoir, who has since turned away from crime and become a police officer, investigates the case, but finds himself dragged into an unimaginable hell.... A masterpiece of Spanish mystery, winner of the British Mystery Writers Award for Best Translated Novel, this novel poses the fundamental question of what is right and wrong.

スペイン、カタルーニャ州の田舎町テラ・アルタ。町いちばんの富豪であるアデル美術印刷の社長夫妻が、惨殺された。夫妻は見るも無残な状態で血だまりの中に横たわっており、激しい拷問の末に殺されていた。獄中でユゴーの『レ・ミゼラブル』と出会い、犯罪から足を洗い警察官となったメルチョールが事件の捜査に当たるが、彼は想像だにしない地獄へと引きずり込まれていくことになる...。正義と悪とは何かという根源的な問いを突き付ける、英国推理作家協会賞最優秀翻訳小説賞受賞のスペイン・ミステリの傑作。