[DeepL Translation - needs review] Seiichi Makabe, known as Japan's Dixon Carr, is a master of mystery novels who has published as many as 45 locked room tricks. Invited to his vacation home in Kita-Karuizawa on Christmas Day, the guests witness the author's brutal death. Was he killed by his 46th trick? The first novel in the masterpiece "Himura Series," which forms the core of Arisugawa's works.
(Translator: DeepL)
