Part of Series
"クリスマス未明、一人の中学生が転落死した。柏木卓也、14歳。彼はなぜ死んだのか。殺人か、自殺か。謎の死への疑念が広がる中、“同級生の犯行""を告発する手紙が関係者に届く。さらに、過剰報道によって学校、保護者の混乱は極まり、犯人捜しが公然と始まった――。ひとつの死をきっかけに膨れ上がる人々の悪意。それに抗し、真実を求める生徒たちを描いた、現代ミステリーの最高峰。 "
Author
See also 宮部みゆき (Japanese language profile) and 宮部美幸 (Chinese language profile). Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき Miyabe Miyuki) is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres including science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction. Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. She has been a prolific writer, publishing dozens of novels and winning many major literary prizes, including the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize in 1993 for Kasha and the Naoki Prize in 1998 for Riyū [The Reason] (理由). A Japanese film adaptation of Riyû, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, was released in 2004.
