Kyuko Alps Satsujin Jiken (Kadokawa Bunko)

[Machine Translation] On his way back to Tokyo on the express train "Alps" from his hometown Hakuba Village, Detective Sakaguchi encounters a passenger car on fire and, in cooperation with the driver and conductor, rescues a young woman from the driver's seat. However, two days later, the woman dies of pneumonia. Not only that, the conductor and the driver who rescued the woman die one after another. Inspector Totsukawa becomes suspicious of this ominous chain of events and begins investigating the deaths as murders. A masterpiece of railroad mysteries.

坂口刑事は故郷の白馬村から急行「アルプス」で東京に戻る途中、乗用車が炎上している現場に遭遇し、運転士や車掌と協力して車の運転席から若い女性を救出する。ところが、その2日後、女性は肺炎で亡くなってしまう。そればかりか、女性を救助した車掌と運転士が相次いで命を落とす。この不吉な出来事の連鎖に不審を抱いた十津川警部は、一連の死を殺人事件と見て捜査を開始する-。傑作鉄道ミステリー短編集。