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Original Title	琥珀のパイプ
Author	甲賀 三郎
Genre	Detective & Mystery
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	In the fractured, post-earthquake Tokyo, an ordinary government clerk finds his mundane night watch duty shattered by the howl of a typhoon and the discovery of a raging fire. But the blaze reveals a scene far more chilling: a house steeped in murder, its inhabitants brutally slain. As an astute, enigmatic reporter named Matsumoto delves into the gruesome details, a complex web of deceit begins to unravel, stretching back to a sensational jewel heist and the shadowy figure of a "mysterious man." The clerk, an unwitting observer, is drawn deeper into a labyrinth of crime where motives are shrouded, and the past refuses to stay buried, culminating in the inexplicable appearance of a peculiar amber pipe. What sinister connections link these horrors, and who truly orchestrated this night of terror?