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252 pp.
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Rights sold: Japan, Korea, Vietnam Key features Winner of the Best Newcomer Award A “dazzli
Publisher: New Star Press
ISBN 978-7-5133-1924-9
¥ 30.00
Genre: Mystery / Speculative
“From my first reading of the Li Sao to a thorough reading of Qu Yuan’s entire works, analysed in the light of all the available data, it seems to me that Qu Yuan was not only a scholar-official, but also a priestess who participated in the state rituals of Chu, and a priestess who wore male clothing from childhood until her twilight years”. In the first year of the Tian Han period, Yu Ling Kwai, the daughter of a powerful Chang’an family who first visited the Yunmengze in Chu, alerted the Guan family, who had once been in charge of the state rituals of Chu, with the above idea. As the eldest daughter, Yu Ling Kwai was forbidden to marry for the rest of her life as the priest who presided over the family rituals. This rule had been passed down through the family for generations. During her visit, her relationship with the family’s daughter, Guan Lushen, has become strained, and the sudden spate of murders makes Lushen suspect that this foreigner is the source of all the nightmares. Who is behind the murders? Is the killer’s motive linked to the rituals or to the bloodshed of the Guan family four years ago? Betting on the family’s reputation, Yu Ling Kwai is determined to find the real killer. at the 2nd Chinese Speculative Fiction Competition the original mystery writing community is hidden in the long words of Li Sao. List Results of the Year (2018) Best 10 (本格ミステリ·ベスト10, Honkaku Misuteri Besuto 10) No.3 book of argument!” No.4 “This speculation is so good!” No.5 weekly Mystery Best 10” No.6 23








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