Gallery Fake 20 (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Fujita, the owner of a gallery specializing in forgeries, with his genius aesthetic sense and restoration skills, exposes the falsehoods lurking behind the scenes in the art world! The long-awaited paperback edition of this blockbuster hit! At the request of a client, Fujita attends an auction of items related to the Orient Express. The auction takes place inside a running Orient Express train! Amidst a crowd of train enthusiasts and critics from all over the world, the truth about a murder that took place on the Orient Express 50 years ago is revealed...? Includes 11 episodes including "Orient Express Auction". Synopsis: Taniguchi, the leader of a high-class foreign car theft ring, nearly runs over a blind middle-aged woman in Karuizawa while fleeing in his wanted car. Taniguchi sends her home after she falls down in surprise, and after lying to her that he has nowhere to stay, he finds his car hidden in a garage... (Episode 1) Characters: Reiji Fujita (former curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and owner of Gallery Fake, a gallery specializing in forgeries), Sarah Khalifa (daughter of the royal family of the Q Emirate and Fujita's secretary), Sayoko Mitamura (director of the Takada Museum of Art. She is called the Jeanne d'Arc of the art world.)

天才的な審美眼と修復技術を持つ贋作専門画廊のオーナー・藤田が、美術界の裏に潜む虚飾を暴く!大ヒット作、待望の文庫化! お得意さまの要望で、オリエント急行にまつわる品々のオークションに付き合うことになったフジタ。その会場は、なんと走るオリエント急行の車中! 世界中の鉄道マニアや評論家が集まった中、50年前にオリエント急行車中で起こった殺人事件の真相が明らかになる…!? 「オリエント急行オークション」他、全11話を収録。 あらすじ 指名手配されて車で逃走中、軽井沢で盲目の中年女性を轢きかけた高級外車窃盗団リーダー・谷口。驚いて転んだだけだった彼女を自宅に送り届け、泊まる所がないと嘘ぶいて隠れ家を得た谷口が、さっそく車をガレージに隠そうとすると、なんと中には幻の名車「トヨタ2000GT」が埃をかぶった状態で眠っていて…(第1話)。 登場人物 藤田玲司(メトロポリタン美術館の元学芸員で、贋作専門の画廊ギャラリーフェイクのオ-ナ-)、サラ・ハリファ(Q首長国の王族の娘で、フジタの秘書)、三田村小夜子(高田美術館館長。美術界のジャンヌ・ダルクと呼ばれる)