This book was published by Tokyo Chuanggensha in a hardcover version of a new book format in November 1997, and then in April 2001, it was published by the Chuanggen Reasoning Library through a private detective firm The second episode of the heterochromatic reasoning series narrated from the point of view of Ah Zheng's bodyguard dog. The works included in this book began with "In the Forest of Palms" published in Kadokawa Shoten's "Wild Age" half a year after the publication of the first episode of the Ah Zheng series "Perfect Blue" (February 1989). Between the publication (November 1997) and writing of this "Fascinating" (Editor's Note: The original title is "Fascinating", the Chinese version has been renamed.), it spans eight years. Five short works published in 2008.

The narrator Ah Zheng is a German shepherd who once served as a police dog. "Black fur mixed with silver bristles on the back, a white star between the eyebrows. The edge of the left ear is a little split, and there is an old scar on the right front foot." This is a gunshot wound from the police dog days ("In the Palm of the Forest" ).About a year after Ah Zheng retired, he was adopted by a forensic doctor; however, the owner fell ill and had to be hospitalized for a long time. As a result, Ah Zheng was adopted by the owner’s college classmate Koichiro Hasumi who came to visit him, and then stayed at Detective Hasumi office.When Ah Zheng was adopted, the Hasumi family had an eldest daughter, Kayoko, who was underage, and a younger sister, Notoko, who was seven years younger than her. Notoko was a first-year middle school student who aspired to become a painter.After that, Hasumi Detective Agency expanded its business, increased investigators, and remodeled its own house, using the first floor as an office.Because it is located in a mixed residential and commercial area, the neighbors are all ordinary people. "There is a bakery three houses away, a laundromat diagonally opposite, and an apartment called 'Heines Tanaka' on the left" ().After graduating from junior high school, Kayoko decided to serve as an investigator under her father, and Ah Zheng became her bodyguard dog.On the stage of the old streets of Tokyo familiar to Ms. Miyabe, the Hasumi family and other charming characters weave Ah Zheng's world.The writing style is relatively relaxed, bright and lively, and it is a series of works that can bring courage to readers.

In "Fascinating" at the beginning of the first volume, Susumu Moroka from "Complete Blue" appeared again.In terms of series of works, the purpose of this article can be regarded as an episode in the future of the previous work.There are many impressive children in Miss Miyabe's reasoning works, and the girl with a charming smile in this story is also unforgettable. "In the Forest of Palms", the story begins when Kayoko and Ah Zheng found a man lying down in the water park during their daily walks.Events unfold unexpectedly, and the author's dense calculations are superb.

Compared with the first two so-called accidental inference works, "White Knight Singing" is an incident brought by the client of Hasumi Office for help, that is, an orthodox detective story.The elder sister visited Hasumi Detective Agency because her younger brother was suspected of robbing the company's money, killing the president and escaping. She wanted to know the reason why his brother needed a huge sum of money more than his whereabouts.Taking Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass of Alice" as the theme, the man's frank feelings shake the readers' hearts.

The only new work in this book is the challenge that Ah Zheng faced alone when the members of the Hasumi family went on a trip.In this chapter, Ah Zheng transforms from Watson into Sherlock Holmes.Ah Zheng is not only able to reason, but also a super dog who can manipulate the TV remote control.Not only that, it can also talk to various animals.However, although Ah Zheng was able to use these abilities to handle the case on his own and piece together the truth of the incident, he was unable to speak human words.It has no way to state the conclusions of its reasoning and to report on specific prisoners.How can the author overcome this difficulty?Keep an eye out for Ms. Miyabe's clever tactics as events unfold.

And at the end, it is the unique and lovely "Azheng's Confessions", which is played by the author himself.The ending is very playful in the style of Ms. Miyabe, so please look forward to it. During the eight years since Azheng's debut short story was collected into a book, Ms. Miyabe participated in the Shinchosha's Japanese Mystery and Suspense Award and successfully won the crown with (1989).In addition (1991) won the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award for Novel Category, (1991) won the Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award, (1992) won the Yamamoto Wuro Award, "The Gamoqiu Incident" (1992) 996) won the Japan SF Award, etc. Ms. Miyabe wrote works on topics such as reasoning, SF, and the times in one go; as we all know, this work was published in 1998, the year after it was published, and finally won the Naoki Award. Ms. Miyabe has truly become the "darling of the literary world".And this year (2007), "Anonymous Poison" won the Eiji Yoshikawa Literary Award.

The types of Ms. Miyabe's works are not limited to mystery novels, but also include period novels, SF, thrillers, fantasy, etc. No matter what type, she perfectly sets the characters' personalities of the characters on the stage, and then understands each other from the characters. In the process of entanglement, stories are born.She accurately captures the views of modern people, and her descriptive ability created by using dense materials has deeply captured the hearts of modern readers.Now, Ms. Miyabe is not limited to the field of mystery novels, but has become a national writer representing Japan.

Of course, what cannot be forgotten is that, as a mystery novelist, Ms. Miyabe has real writing skills. In the field of mystery novels that challenge how to exceed readers' imagination, Miyabe's works can always meet readers' expectations. When tracing the footsteps of this writer who represents the world of modern Japanese mystery novels, the Azheng series, his starting point, must have important significance. Yasunobu Togawa Senior Editor.Special Advisor to Chuanggensha, Tokyo, Japan.Editor-in-chief of the Japanese edition.

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