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The Nerve of the Electric SignboardAuthor: Unno Juza
| Original Title | 電気看板の神経 |
|---|---|
| Author | 海野 十三 |
| Genre | Detective & Mystery |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In the shadowy heart of a modernizing Tokyo, Café Neon glows with pink electric light and simmering secrets. When Haru-chan, its vivacious star waitress, is found stabbed in a locked dormitory, her death sparks a chain of gruesome murders mirroring her own—each victim marked by a dagger to the heart and cryptic adhesive bandages on their necks. As detectives flounder, suspicion twists among the café’s eccentric patrons and staff: Okabe Mitataro, a neurotic aristocrat haunted by electricity’s invisible menace; Suzue, a waitress with a chilling past in high-voltage engineering; and Kichiko, the enigmatic cook harboring a blood tie to the dead. \nThe café’s neon signboard—a silent witness flickering ominously at each murder—becomes a spectral obsession. Behind veils of romance and revenge, a lethal duel unfolds between two lovers bound by guilt and mutual destruction, their crimes exploiting the era’s technological terrors. As bodies mount and alliances fracture, the line between predator and prey blurs in a dance of paranoia and twisted ingenuity. Will the truth emerge from the currents of deception, or will modernity’s dark conveniences claim another soul? |
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