Stay Home No Misshitsu Satsujin Corona Jidai No Mystery Shosetsu Anthology 2 (Seikaisha FICTIONS) [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] Set in an everyday life that has changed in an instant, the long-awaited second volume of "Stay Home Murder in a Locked Room" features even more mystery gems competing for your attention! A high school boy who was infected with a new type of coronavirus and recuperating at home is found stabbed to death. After chasing the mystery of the locked-room murder, what is the message in his death that his friends have arrived at? This is a masterpiece in which Otsuichi's impatience and genius explode. (Otsuichi, "The Stay Home Murder Case"). The patriarch of a fastidious family, who had cut off all contact with the outside world and withdrawn, was stabbed to death during a remote family meeting. A remote detective takes on two mysteries: how could a germophobic family member stab someone to death, and how was the secret room created? (Tomoya Sato, "The Germophobe's Locked Room"). The manager was found dead in a maid cafe, which was unoccupied due to a self-imposed closure. A maid detective and a maid cafe nerd solve the mystery of the store, which has turned into a locked room! (Katsuie Shibata, "The Sutei-Ho-Mu Murder Case"). Under the "new normal" infested with self-restraint police, a children's author, who had been silenced after being slandered by the public for holding volunteer reading sessions, holds a new reading session with a full heart. What did he read while receiving threatening letters? (Houtarou Hougetsu, "Untitled Reading Session (extract)"). During the stay-home period, a jumping incident took place at an apartment building where a person who tested positive for corona was found. Whether the death was a suicide or a homicide, the mysterious motive is the subject of a mystery that only the Corona era can deduce! (Hinata Natsu "Nuisance Killer"). A couple is raising their child using a remote monitoring service in the wake of a day-care center closure. One day, their son dies under the watchful eye of a surveillance camera, but behind the incident lies a horrifying truth! (Koji Watanabe, "The Terrible Child").

一瞬で変わってしまった日常を舞台に、さらなるミステリー界の珠玉の才能たちが競演する「ステイホームの密室殺人」、待望の第2巻!新型コロナウイルスに感染し、自宅療養中の男子高校生が刺殺体で発見された。密室殺人の謎を追いかけた末に友人たちが行き着いた、彼の死に込められたメッセージとは?乙一のせつなさと天才が爆発する傑作。(乙一「ステイホーム殺人事件」)。外界との接触をすべて断ち、引きこもった潔癖症一族の家長がリモート家族会議中に刺殺された。潔癖症の家族がなぜ人を刺殺できたのか、そして密室はいかにして作られたのか、二つの謎にリモート探偵が挑む!(佐藤友哉「潔癖の密室」)。自粛休業中で無人のメイド喫茶で、店長が死体となって発見された。密室と化した店内の謎を、メイド探偵とメイド喫茶オタクの二人が解き明かす!(柴田勝家「すていほぉ～む殺人事件」)。自粛警察がはびこる「新しい日常」下、ボランティア読み聞かせ会の開催で世間から中傷を受け、沈黙していた児童作家が満を持して新たに朗読会を開催した。脅迫状が送りつけられる中、彼が読んだものとは―!?(法月綸太郎「題名のない朗読会(抄)」)。ステイホーム期間中、コロナ陽性者が出たマンションで起きた飛び降り事件。その死は自殺か他殺か、謎めいた動機をめぐってコロナ時代ならではの推理が迫る!(日向夏「迷惑な殺人者」)。保育園休園のあおりを受け、遠隔見守りサービスを使って子育てする夫婦。ある日、監視カメラの目をくぐって息子が死んでしまう事件が起こるが、その裏には恐るべき真相が隠されていた―!(渡辺浩弐「末恐ろしい子供」)。