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The Blue Furoshiki BundleAuthor: Ōkura Teruko
| Original Title | 青い風呂敷包 |
|---|---|
| Author | 大倉 燁子 |
| Genre | Detective & Mystery |
| Author Type | Female Author |
| Summary | In the predawn hours, Café Dragon dancer Hatsuko returns to her Tokyo apartment to find an open window and a chilling discovery: a bloodstained blue *furoshiki* bundle in her closet, concealing the corpse of Yoshikawa "Gorilla," a taxi driver entangled with her actress sister Yuriko. As panic erupts, private detective Yamamoto Keiichi—Hatsuko’s patron—vows to clear her name, but suspicions mount when Yuriko’s body is found abandoned in a taxi, her neck strangled. The investigation unravels a toxic web of obsession: Yoshikawa’s violent fixation on Yuriko, Hatsuko’s bitter feud with him, and wealthy suitor Kawaguchi Yuzuru’s jealousy over the sisters’ pasts. Detectives uncover staged suicides, sailor’s knots, and a severed fingertip, exposing Kawaguchi’s desperate plot to frame Hatsuko before his own calculated demise. Yet lingering questions haunt—hidden alliances, twisted affections, and the peach ribbon clutched in Yoshikawa’s hand—as shadows of deceit stretch beyond the grave, leaving justice as fragile as silk. |
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