Higure Higurashi (Shueisha Bunko Ha 30-5 Hatchobori Shunju)

[Machine Translation] It is summer in Edo. On the day of the opening of the Ryogoku River, Oyamada Saime, a former assistant district magistrate of the Kitamachi Magistrate's Office, and his wife Oshun encounter a pickpocket in the crowded streets. Inside the wallet left behind was a strange threatening note. It seems that the daughter of the wallet's owner has been kidnapped. However, the only clue is this piece of paper. Saime and her companions immediately set out to search for her. In this newly written historical novel, the lives of ordinary people are vividly depicted in the midst of the changing seasons.

江戸の夏。両国川開きのこの日、花火見物に出掛けた元北町奉行所定町廻り同心・小山田采女と妻のおしゅんは雑踏の中でスリに遭遇する。残された財布の中には、奇怪な脅し文が入っていた。どうやら財布の持ち主の娘がさらわれたらしい。だが手掛かりはこの紙片一枚のみ。采女はさっそく仲間と共に探索に乗り出すが-。移ろう季節の中、市井の人々の生活を活写しつつ展開する書き下ろし時代小説。