Alice Arisugawa
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Arisugawa, Alice
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- 上原 正英
Uehara, Masahide - Andere Namen
- 有栖川 有栖
- Geburtstag
- 1959-04-26
- Geschlecht
- male
- Organisationen
- Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan (president, 2000-2005)
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- Werke
- 47
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- #220,761
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- 3.3
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- 49
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In this one, again, members of a collegiate detective fiction club go to an island to try and solve a hidden treasure puzzle. The eccentric owner of the island hid diamonds there and alluded to a map and a puzzle to solve in his will. One of the club members Maria Arima, is a granddaughter of this man, and takes her friends to the island to visit. Many family members are already gathered there and --- surprise, surprise... there begins a series of murders. Only someone on the island could have committed them and the transceiver to contact the authorities has been destroyed. The 3 friends investigate as the crimes are committed and using logic eventually determine the identity of the murderer. I figured out the identity, but as the author alluded to when he breaks the fourth wall before the end - more by instinct, than by logic. I take issue with the clue that led to the convoluted mechanism of the second murder. I think there is an alternative explanation - but I will say no more so as not to spoil.
Lots of fun. Very derivative of "the Decagon House Murders" which of course in turn was derivative of Chrsitie's -"And Then There Were None." But still an engaging read for airplanes, airports, and hotels which is where I read the bulk of it. My son and I have one other similar book we will both read and then I think I will be done with this type of thing for a while.… (mehr)