Japanese Crime

サッポロ・シティ・ジャズで賑わい始めた札幌。宝石商強盗事件を追っていた機動捜査隊の津久井卓は、バー「ブラックバード」でピアニストの安西奈津実と出会う。彼女はシティ・ジャズへの出演を控えていた。急速に深まる津久井と奈津実の仲。しかし彼女には消したくても消せない過去があった。

北海道警察本部に警察庁から特別監察が入った。監察官は警察庁のキャリアである藤川警視正。藤川は、道警の裏金問題のために百条委員会で証言した津久井刑事に監察の協力を要請した。一方、札幌大通署の佐伯刑事はホテルの部屋荒らしの捜査を部下の新宮と進めていたが……。警察小説の金字塔、大ベストセラー「道警シリーズ」第2弾、新装版!

札幌市内のアパートで、女性の変死体が発見された。遺体は北海道警察本部生活安全部の水村朝美巡査と判明。容疑者には交際相手で同じ本部に所属する津久井巡査部長が浮かぶ。やがて津久井に対する射殺命令までが出た。捜査から外された所轄署の佐伯警部補は、かつておとり捜査で組んだことのある津久井の潔白を証明するため有志たちと極秘裏に捜査を始めるが……。

大ベストセラー道警シリーズ、第1シーズン完!それぞれの季節、それぞれの決断――。警官射殺命令を阻止する24時間を描いた『笑う警官』から、《己の信念と矜持》を描き続ける警察小説の金字塔、待望の最新刊&最高傑作。捜査の第一線から外され続けた佐伯宏一。だが能力の高さは重大事案の検挙実績では道警一だった。その佐伯は、度重なる警部昇進試験受験の説得に心が揺れていた。

神奈川で現金輸送車の強奪未遂事件が発生。犯人の一人に鎌田光也の名が挙がった。鎌田は一年前、ストーカー行為をしていた村瀬香里の部屋に不法侵入したところを小島百合巡査に発砲され、現行犯逮捕された。だが入院中に脱走していたのだ。そして、よさこいソーラン祭りで賑わう札幌で、鎌田からと思われる脅迫メールが香里の下に届く。小島百合は再び香里の護衛につくが……。

さっぽろ雪まつり開幕前日に北海道警察本部大通署管内で起こった、自動車窃盗事件、少女の家出、そして発砲事件。無関係に見える事件が、一年で一番賑わう札幌でひとつに収束し激化していく。虐待、不正、外国人労働者──佐伯たち刑事らの執念は届くか?警察小説の金字塔&大ベストセラー道警シリーズ、圧巻のタイムリミット・サスペンス!

北海道警察は、洞爺湖サミットのための特別警備結団式を一週間後に控えていた。そのさなか、警官が拳銃を所持したまま失踪。津久井刑事はその警官の追跡を命じられる。一方、過去の覚醒剤密輸入おとり捜査に疑惑を抱き、一人捜査を続ける佐伯。そして結団式に出席する大臣の担当SPとなった小島百合。それぞれが互いの任務のため、式典会場に向かう……

Euphemistically labeled as the "Water Supply and Prophylaxis Administration" and "HippoEpizootic Administration" of the Imperial Japanese Army, Unit 731 and Unit 100, as well as their subsidiary branches, performed human experimentation on the innocents under the leadership of Dr. Ishii Shiro. Although the exact number of victims is unclear since the Japanese destroyed most of the evidence at the end of the war, but it ranged from 3,000-250,000 innocent men, women, and children.

In the wake of World War II, the Allied forces charged 28 Japanese men with crimes against humanity. Correspondents at the Tokyo trial thought the evidence fell most heavily on 10 of the accused. In December 1948, five of these defendants were hanged, while four received sentences of life in prison. The tenth was a brilliant philosopher-patriot named Okawa Shumei. His story proved strangest of all. Among all the political and military leaders on trial, Okawa was the lone civilian.

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