[DeepL Translation - needs review] The origin of the "Kyotaro Nishimura Mysteries" has been revived.
It is not well known that Kyotaro Nishimura, a leading figure in the world of travel mysteries, published mystery adventure novels for boys and girls more than 30 years ago. He published the "Shonen tanteidan" (Detective Boys) series by Edogawa Rampo. In the "Shonen tanteidan" series by Edogawa Rampo, Kyotaro says, "Children are more curious and adventurous than boys and girls. It is natural ...
This is a short story collection with 3 shorts, each with a young (middle to high school age) protagonist. They're basically young adult crime stories, and if you go in with that in mind you'll pretty much get what you expect.
The first two were ok and pretty standard, but the final story was so absurd as to be a edging towards hilarious at the end. Very much 赤川次郎 vibes in that one.
Language wise I'll note that I listened to the audiobook and didn't read the text, but considered the vocabulary