Aibo Doshin Sakon to Shin Ware Hatsumono Gui Kakioroshi Chohen Jidai Shosetsu (Kosu Mikku Jidai Bunko)

[Machine Translation] A fire broke out in Yokoyama-cho near Ryogoku-Hirokoji, involving the setting on fire of a two-hachi soba (buckwheat noodle) stall. On their way back from Shizu, a bar in Yanagibashi, Sachikon and Shingo Oe, who were on a temporary patrol in Minamimachi to extinguish the fire, ran into Keishiro Ogishima, a regular patrolman. Ogishima was a colleague of Sakon's when he was a Teimachi-catcher. However, immediately after meeting Ogishima, for some reason, fires started to be set at food stalls, and eventually the owner of the stall was found stabbed to death in the ruins of the fire.... A former close friend of Ogijima's appears at every incident. What is Sakon's plan when he becomes suspicious of his behavior? In "Nihachi Soba", Sakon's secret past comes to light. The title story, "As As Ashes to Ashes", depicts an unavoidable murder that took place among the members of the eating club, and the other three stories are also included in this volume. This is the third installment of the popular series.

両国広小路近く横山町で起きた、二八蕎麦屋台の付け火事件。柳橋の飲み屋「しづ」からの帰り道、現場に遭遇して火消しにあたった南町臨時廻り同心・鞠小路左近と大江伸吾は、そこで定町廻り同心・荻島慶四郎と出くわした。荻島は左近が定町廻りだった頃の同僚。だが、荻島との再会の直後からなぜか屋台の付け火は続発し、ついには焼け跡から屋台主の刺殺体が…。事件のたびに現れる、かつて昵懇だった同心。その行動に不審を抱いた左近がとった策とは?左近の秘められた過去が明らかになる「二八蕎麦」。食い道楽の会の仲間うちで起きた、やむなき殺人を描く表題作「はつもの食い」ほか、全三話を収録。書下ろし大好評シリーズ第三弾。