"Guruguru-Zaru-to Utau-Tori" by KANOU Tomoko

KANOU Tomoko is a Japanese writer mainly writing mysteries. Her mysteries usually treat light secrets in daily life, and I like this type of mystery.

TAKAMI Shin moved from Tokyo to north Kyusyu, the western area of Japan, at the beginning of his fifth grade. He lived in a company house with his parents. SAKUMA Shin, who is called Koko-chan, lives next house to TAKAMI Shin's. He is the same grade with TAKAMI Shin. There lives TAKEMOTO five brothers, TOTOKI Aya, and a strange guy called Pack nearby. They found Guruguru-Zaru (Spiral Monkey) and Utau-Tori (Singing bird or Hummingbird), solve the secret codes in the library, and create a ghost, and ...


* Index *
Prolog --- or a monolog before the story
First story: Guruguru-Zaru-to Utau-Tori : A Spiral Monkey and a Hummingbird
Monolog
Second story: The Secret Codes in the Library
Monolog
Third story: The Ghost in a Company House
Epilog


This is a book in 'Mystery Land' series, so very this contains colorful illustrations drawn by KUSE Sanae. This is also easy to read except for the use of dialect of north Kyusyu region. ^^;

(Finished reading on Apr. 1, 2008)


The more detailed Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* KANOU Tomoko : 加納朋子
* Guruguru-Zaru-to Utau-Tori : ぐるぐる猿と歌う鳥
* KUSE Sanae : 久世早苗