Ningyotsukai No Kage Nusumi (Mystery Frontier)

[Machine Translation] A deputy's wife's shadow has been stolen! Takahiro is reluctantly asked by his mother-in-law to investigate this seemingly unbelievable case. The incident took place at the residence of a man who was so fond of the theater that he even built his own private theater in his mansion. An impossible incident, an illusory shadow play called wayang, and the presence of the phantom thief Lotus.... Why and how were the shadows erased - ( title story ). A kind-hearted magazine reporter and a beautiful genius painter. This is a collection of five stories that humanistically depict people living in the Meiji era, including two palm pieces depicting the daily lives of these two young men. This is the third volume in the popular "Imperial Capital Detective Picture Book" series.

代議士夫人の影が盗まれた!?にわかには信じがたい事件の調査を義母より依頼され、しぶしぶ乗り出すことになった高広。芝居好きが高じて邸内に個人劇場まで建ててしまうほどの好事家の屋敷で、その事件は起きていた。ありえない事件、ワヤンと呼ばれる幻惑的な影絵芝居、そして怪盗ロータスの気配…。なぜ、どうやって影は消されたのか-(表題作)。心優しき雑誌記者と美貌の天才絵師。ふたりの青年の日常を描いた掌編二編を含め、明治の世に生きる人々の姿を人情味豊かに描いた五編収録の作品集。好評"帝都探偵絵図"シリーズ第三弾。