Kakei Hotei / Original Title: the BURNING COURT (Haya Kawa Mystery Bunko HM 5-20)

[Machine Translation] The head of the Despard family, who owned a large estate, died suddenly. That night, a woman dressed in an old-fashioned costume is seen in the head of the family's bedroom. Suspecting that his uncle was poisoned, Mark, with the help of a friend, attempts to exhume the buried body. However, the body has vanished without a trace from the sealed underground mausoleum! Disappearing dolls, vanishing bodies, and the legend of a poisoner. A first-class mystery with an eerie atmosphere.

広大な敷地を所有するデスパード家の当主が急死。その夜、当主の寝室で目撃されたのは古風な衣装をまとった婦人の姿だった。その婦人は壁を通り抜けて消えてしまう…伯父の死に毒殺の疑いを持ったマークは、友人の手を借りて埋葬された遺体の発掘を試みる。だが、密閉された地下の霊廟から遺体は跡形もなく消え失せていたのだ!消える人形、死体消失、毒殺魔の伝説。無気味な雰囲気を孕んで展開するミステリの一級品。