A social/mystery novel that won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, 『黒い白鳥』gives a realistic portrait of its time while giving the readers a complex murder mystery resolving around train timetables.
Tetsuya Ayukawa is an author of humorous mystery novels who created several series like 謎解きはディナーのあとでシリーズ (the first book of this series won the Japan Booksellers’ Award) or 烏賊川市シリーズ , a series of honkaku humorous mysteries that feature the unconventional private detective Morio Ukai.
A social/mystery novel that won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, 『黒い白鳥』gives a realistic portrait of its time while giving the readers a complex murder mystery resolving around train timetables.