I found a few new books I thought would be neat, but I’ll limit myself to one.
Book: 『クロック城』殺人事件 | L30??
Is there an ebook available?: yes
Summary - Japanese
終焉をむかえつつある人類の世界。探偵・南深騎（みき）と菜美の下に、黒鴣瑠華（くろうるか）と名乗る美少女が現れた。眠り続ける美女。蠢く人面蒼。３つの時を刻む巨大な時計。謎が漂うクロック城に２人を誘う瑠華。そこに大きな鐘が鳴り響いたとき、首なし遺体が次々と現れた。驚愕のトリックが待つ、本格ミステリ。
Summary - English
A world where humanity is facing the end. A beautiful young girl named Kurou Ruka appears before detective Minami Miki and Nami. A sleeping maiden. Writing blue faces. Three large clocks ticking away time. Ruka invites the pair to the mysterious Clock Castle. Whenever the large bell rings, a headless corpse appears. An orthodox mystery with an unbelievable trick.
Content warnings if known
None that I know of.
Why are you nominating this book: This is a Mephisto prize winner, so that’s always a plus. This is the debut work of Kitayama Takekuni, who’s famous for intricate physical tricks, so I’m interested in reading something by him. His biggest claim to fame is probably his involvement in the Danganronpa series, where he provided the mystery outlines for New Danganronpa v3 and is writing the Kirigiri spin-off novels.
