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Sound Wave MurderAuthor: Nomura Kodō
| Original Title | 音波の殺人 |
|---|---|
| Author | 野村 胡堂 |
| Genre | Detective & Mystery |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In the shadowy hours past midnight, Social Section Chief Chigusa Jujiro—a journalist frayed by exhaustion—is jolted awake by news of a shocking murder: Nagashima Wakana, a glamorous pop singer, lies dead in her Daikanyama mansion, shot through the heart during a piano duet. As Chigusa races to unravel the crime, suspects emerge from Wakana’s decadent inner circle: her jealous accompanist Fujii Kaoru, his cunning wife Toriko, and Okazaki Keinosuke, an amateur detective novelist with suspicious ambitions. Yet whispers of a more sinister force linger—Wakana’s estranged husband, Dr. Nagashima Chotaro, an eccentric acoustics scholar consumed by inventing a machine he claims can kill with sound waves. \nChigusa navigates a labyrinth of alibis and hidden grudges, from bloodstained rugs to clandestine rope ladders, while Dr. Nagashima’s cryptic confessions blur the line between madness and genius. As dawn looms, rival reporters swarm, secrets combust, and a fiery confrontation at the doctor’s laboratory threatens to bury the truth forever. In a world where music collides with machinery and love curdles into obsession, every note could be a lie—or a lethal weapon. |
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