Taku is a Japanese mystery writer. He is a member of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writing.
Books in order of publication (In English and Japanese):
Detective Shunsaku Morie series
Novels
Satsujin Kigeki no Jūsan-nin (殺人喜劇の13人; lit. Thirteen in a Murder Comedy), 1990
Rekishi Kaidō Satsujin Jiken (歴史街道殺人事件; lit. The Historic Road Murder Case), 1995
Toki no Yūkai (時の誘拐; lit. The Kidnap in the Time), 1996
Rosuto Wārudo no Satsujin (地底獣国の殺人; lit. The Lost World Murders), 1997
Jūsanbanme no Baishin’in (十三番目の陪審員; lit. The 13th Jury), 1998
Fushigi no Kuni no Aribai (不思議の国のアリバイ; lit. Alibi in Wonderland), 1999
Kaijin Tai Meitantei (怪人対名探偵; lit. The Fiend versus the Detective), 2000
Wadokei no Yakata no Satsujin (和時計の館の殺人; lit. Murder at the House of Japanese Clock), 2000
Toki no Misshitsu (時の密室; lit. The Locked Room in the Time), 2001
Guran Ginyōru Jō (グラン・ギニョール城; lit. The Castle of Grand Guignol), 2001
Sen’ichiya no Yakata no Satsujin (千一夜の館の殺人; lit. Murder at the House of Thousand and One Nights), 2006
Kanojora wa Yuki no Meikyū ni (彼女らは雪の迷宮に; lit. In the Snow Labyrinth, They…), 2008
Kisōkyū Satsujin Jiken (綺想宮殺人事件; lit. The Palace of Bizarre Idea Murder Case), 2010
Shichi-nin no Tantei no Tame no Jiken (七人の探偵のための事件; lit. Case for Seven Detectives), 2011
Purinsesu ni Sasageru Misshitsu (大公女殿下に捧げる密室; lit. The Locked Room for Her Grand Ducal Highness), 2012
Toki no Shintei (時の審廷; lit. The Court in the Time), 2013
Ijigen no Yakata no Satsujin (異次元の館の殺人; lit. Murder at the House of Another Dimension), 2014
Daburu misuteri Gekkin-Tei no Satsujin / Non-shiriaru Kirā (ダブル・ミステリ 月琴亭の殺人 / ノンシリアル・キラー; lit. Double Mystery: Murder in the Hotel Yueqin / The Nonserial Killer), 2016
Tsuruya Nanboku no Satsujin (鶴屋南北の殺人; lit. Murder of Tsuruya Nanboku), 2020
Short story collections
Tantei Sengen: Morie Shunsaku no Jikenbo (探偵宣言 森江春策の事件簿; lit. Detective Declaration: The Casebook of Shunsaku Morie), 1998
Sekishibyō no Yakata no Satsujin (赤死病の館の殺人; lit. Murder at the House of Red Death), 2001
Sanbyaku-nen no Nazo-Bako (三百年の謎匣; lit. The Puzzle Box of 300 years), 2005
Shōnen wa Tantei o Yumemiru: Morie Shunsaku Kuronikuru (少年は探偵を夢見る 森江春策クロニクル; lit. A Boy Dreams of Being a Detective: The Chronicle of Shunsaku Morie), 2006
Saiban’in Hōtei (裁判員法廷; lit. The Lay Judge Court), 2008
Morie Shunsaku no Sainan (森江春策の災難; lit. The Misadventure of Shunsaku Morie), 2022
Modern City series
Satsujin Kigeki no Modan Shitī (殺人喜劇のモダン・シティ; lit. The Modern City of Murder Comedy), 1994 – Novel
Shōjo Tantei wa Teito o Kakeru (少女探偵は帝都を駆ける; lit. Girl Sleuth Runs the Imperial capital), 2009 – Short story collection
Jichikei tokuso series
Shitai no Samenai Uchi ni (死体の冷めないうちに; lit. Before the corpse is cold), 1998 – Short story collection
Metoroporisu ni Shi no Wana o (メトロポリスに死の罠を; lit. Death trap for Metropolis), 2002 – Novel
Standalone mystery novels
Hose Keibu Saidai no Bōken (保瀬警部最大の冒険; lit. Inspector Hose’s Greatest Adventure), 1994
Setsudan Toshi (切断都市; lit. The Amputated City), 2004
Kōrōmu no Satsujin (紅楼夢の殺人), 2004 (Murder in the Red Chamber, Kurodahan Press, 2012)
Suchīmu Opera [Steam Opera] (スチームオペラ), 2012
Ōmarike Satsujin Jiken (大鞠家殺人事件; lit. The Ōmari Family Murder Case), 2021
Ōedo Kigan Jō (大江戸奇巌城; lit. The Hollow Needle in Edo), 2023
Short story collections
Mentantei Z: Fukanō Suiri (名探偵Z 不可能推理; lit. Z, The Great Detective: The Impossible Reasoning), 2002
Koroshi wa Erekiteru: Donsai Sensei Jikenchō (殺しはエレキテル 曇斎先生事件帳; lit. Murder by ‘Erekiteru’: Mr. Donsai’s Case File), 2003
Gohei Gekijō: Karakuri-Dōrō (五瓶劇場 からくり灯籠; lit. Gohei’s Theatre: Trick Lantern), 2007
Keisei Denki Jō (けいせい伝奇城)
Gohei no Chikara Nazo no Fūjime (五瓶力謎緘)
Hana no Miyako Sharaku no Sugao (花都写楽貌)
Kabuki no Kuni Cthulhu Taiji (戯場国邪神封陣) (The Horror in the Kabuki Theatre)
Meitantei Hakurankai: Shinsetsu Rupan (Lupin) Tai Hōmuzu (Holmes) (名探偵博覧会 真説ルパン対ホームズ; lit. Detective Exposition: Lupin versus Holmes, The True Story), 2000
Meitantei Hakurankai 2: Akechi Kogorō Tai Kindaichi Kōsuke (名探偵博覧会II 明智小五郎対金田一耕助; lit. Detective Exposition II: Kogorō Akechi vs Kōsuke Kindaichi), 2002
Tantei to Kaijin no Iru Hoteru (探偵と怪人のいるホテル; lit. The Hotel with Detective and Fiend), 2006
Meikyū Panoramakan (迷宮パノラマ館; lit. Labyrinthine Panorama Pavilion), 2007
Ōgon Mugen Jō Satsujin Jiken (黄金夢幻城殺人事件; lit. The Golden Dream Castle Murder Case), 2011
Kindaichi Kōsuke VS Akechi Kogorō (金田一耕助VS明智小五郎), 2013
Kitan o Uru Mise (奇譚を売る店; lit. The Shop that Sells Strange Tales), 2013
Gakufu to Tabisururu Otoko (楽譜と旅する男; lit. The Man Who Travelled With Sheet Music), 2017
Teito Tantei Taisen (帝都探偵大戦; Chronicles of the Detectives), 2017
Ojisan no Toranku Gentō Shōgekijō (おじさんのトランク 幻燈小劇場; lit. Uncle’s Trunk: The Magic Lantern Theatre), 2019
Meitantei Sōtōjō: Ashibe Taku to Jūsan no Nazo (名探偵総登場 芦辺拓と13の謎; lit. Enter All Detectives: Taku Ashibe and the 13 Mysteries), 2020
Meitantei wa Dareda (名探偵は誰だ; lit. Who’s the Detective?), 2022
Juvenile mystery novels
Neo Detective Boys series
Yōki Jō no Himitsu (妖奇城の秘密; lit. The Secret of Weird Castle), 2004
Densō Kaijin (電送怪人; lit. The Teleporting Fiend), 2005
Nazo no Jiorama Ōkoku (謎のジオラマ王国; lit. Mysterious Diorama Kingdom), 2005
Gesshoku Hime no Kisu (月蝕姫のキス; lit. Kiss of the Lunar Eclipse Princess), 2008
Sukūru Gāru Ekusupuresu 38 [School Girl Express 38] (スクールガール・エクスプレス38), 2012
Furiyagi Supika to Ma no Yōkan Jiken (降矢木すぴかと魔の洋館事件; lit. Supika Furiyagi and the Case of the Evil House), 2015
Historical fiction
Min Shin Shippūroku: Yume, Tei Seikō Senki (明清疾風録 夢・鄭成功戦記; lit. The Whirlwind of Ming and Qing Dynasty: The Dream, Koxinga’s War Story)
Vol.1, 1995
Vol.2, 1996
Vol.3, 1997
Shin Nito Monogatari (新・二都物語; lit. New Tale of the Two Cities), 2018
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