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| Original Title | ロウモン街の自殺ホテル |
|---|---|
| Author | 牧 逸馬 |
| Genre | Modern Short Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In 1906 Paris, the Amsterdam Hotel on Lomon Street becomes shrouded in dread when guests in Room 14 are found dead under bizarre circumstances. Each victim—a British jeweler, a French acquaintance, a skeptical policeman, and a determined medical student—is discovered hanged with knees bent and ankles bound, their faces frozen in terror. Despite locked doors and no signs of struggle, authorities dismiss the deaths as suicides, attributing them to madness or supernatural influence. Yet the pattern defies logic: victims meticulously ensure their feet cannot touch the floor, as if compelled by an unseen force. Desperate proprietress Madame Celestine offers rewards to disprove the room’s cursed reputation, but even a bold investigator meets the same grisly fate. As whispers of a "suicide chamber" spread, Paris buzzes with theories of ghostly possession or morbid suggestion. But when a renowned forensic expert declares the latest death a murder, darker truths emerge—hinting at a web of greed and deception lurking behind the hotel’s aging walls. What sinister design connects these tragedies? The answer lies in Room 14’s silence. |
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