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[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1 Introduction: "With all due respect, Miss, do your eyes have a glazed over look?" A young lady detective (deca) and a tongue-tied butler take on a difficult case! Here comes a real mystery with a lot of humor! Reiko Hosei, a new detective at the National Police Station, is the daughter of the world-famous "Hosei Group. She is currently working on a number of cases under Captain Kazamatsuri, the boss of Kazamatsuri Motors. When she returns home to h...

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4094087575

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9784094087574

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pm215says

July 16, 2023

nice mix of humour with satisfying puzzle-type mysteries

(Review date: Feb 2012)

This is a humorous set of murder mystery stories, which won the Honya Taishou booksellers' prize in 2011.

Reiko Houshou is a police detective, who investigates (along with her idiot boss) the murders in this series of stories. However Reiko is (though she keeps it hidden from her coworkers) in fact a classic example of the spoiled rich o-jou-sama character, and it's actually her butler who does most of the actual solving of the crimes...

The humour is driven mainly by

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SophieShiorisays

August 8, 2022

Short, funny, good quality detective puzzles!

This is a great book for anyone who enjoys a good puzzle mystery. The mysteries are all pretty fair, with original solutions, and the interaction between the detective (who is secretly a rich girl) and her acid-tongued butler who always works out the solution before her are hilarious. The book is divided into sections, one for each mystery so you can feel a sense of achievement as you complete reading each short story. I would buy other books buy this author based on this.

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catsays

January 28, 2022

Basic detective comedy

As a note, I only listened to the audiobook, I do not own the text.

The audiobook was at the upper edge of my current listening abilities. If I didn't focus it was easy to lose the thread of what was happening. However, when I did focus I could tell where it would fall compared to texts I've read so I feel comfortable grading it. To get by with this book you will need a decent (but not extensive) crime vocab and comfort with formal speech. The acting is a bit tropey. You'll understand when you

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November 20, 2024

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