The Schoolgirl Detective and Eccentric Author (Pt.2)
Teniwoha’s novel for his Schoolgirl Detective Series, “The Schoolgirl Detective and Eccentric Author – Night Before The Murder Case at the Mansion of Antiquarian Books,” acts as a prequel to the first song in the series, “Murder Case at the Mansion of Antiquarian Books,” and follows the events between the schoolgirl detective who loves mystery novels, Hanamoto Hibari, and the extremely sadistic mystery novel writer, Kudou Renma.
The second part in this three-part novel is called: Detective Time-Killing Game.
Under strange circumstances, Hibari becomes involved in a game with Kudou. After being given three clues by Kudou, she is to select the correct book from the huge collection he has in his home….
Masterpost with links to all the translated chapters can be found here.
Kinda weird story, but I liked the mysteries. Thank you for translating this- I wish someone translates more books of this series
@amazemystery Hi! Just saw this, but thanks so much for reading my translation of this novel! It’s one of my favorite authors and series, though not that popular or well-known, maybe because of its quirkiness.
If you liked weird but engrossing myseteries like this one, I recommend the Edogawa Ranpo’s work! Teniwoha (who’s twitter handle is edogawa_sampo as a reference to this horror-mystery novelist) seems to really draw a lot of inspiration from Ranpo’s works, so you might find some similarities in themes and subject matter if you enjoyed Teniwoha’s stories.
He’s released 3 other books in this series, and I’m still only midway through reading the second one, but maybe one day when I find the time, I’ll try to translate the rest...
Again, thanks again for reading, reblogging, and leaving a comment! :) Translating this series was mainly out of indulgence as a pet project, so I’m happy whenever someone picks it up and gives it a read!