Дом с водяными колесами

Roman li͡ubimogo uchenika Sodzi Simady. Ai͡at͡sudzi - soosnovatelʹ I͡Aponskogo kluba avtorov khonkaku, laureat premiĭ Mystery Writers of Japan i Japan Mystery Literature Award.Ot avtora "Ubiĭstv v desi͡atiugolʹnom dome", knigi iz TOP-10 luchshikh i͡aponskikh detektivov vsekh vremen, sprovot͡sirovavsheĭ mirovoĭ bum khonkaku-detektivov.Sovremennai͡a intellektualʹnai͡a igra so standartami klassicheskogo detektiva.Genialʹnyĭ arkhitektor Sėĭdzi Nakamura vsi͡u zhiznʹ sooruzhal tolʹko strannye doma s sekretami. Odin iz nikh - Dom s vodi͡anymi kolesami, postroennyĭ posredi gor, gde normalʹnyĭ chelovek zhitʹ i ne podumal by. Strannyĭ khozi͡ain osobni͡aka prikovan k invalidnoĭ koli͡aske i vsegda nosit belui͡u masku i belye perchatki. Zdesʹ on khranit kollekt͡sii͡u rabot svoego ott͡sa, velikogo khudozhnika Issėi͡a Fudzinumy po prozvishchu Providet͡s.Lishʹ raz v god gorstke izbrannykh razreshaetsi͡a posetitʹ osobni͡ak i nasladitʹsi͡a polotnami. I v odin iz takikh dneĭ proiskhodit zhestokoe i neponi͡atnoe ubiĭstvo domrabotnit͡sy - ona sbroshena s balkona pri͡amo na vrashchai͡ushchiesi͡a vodi͡anye kolesa. A zatem sluchai͡utsi͡a eshche bolee bezumnye veshchi - odin iz gosteĭ bukvalʹno isparilsi͡a iz pomeshchenii͡a, otkuda nelʹzi͡a uĭti nezamechennym, a vtoroĭ ubit, raschlenen i sozhzhen. Mnenie polit͡sii odnoznachno: ischeznuvshiĭ i estʹ ubiĭt͡sa.Rovno god spusti͡a ostatki toĭ zhe kompanii vozvrashchai͡utsi͡a v osobni͡ak. Estʹ sredi nikh i novoe lit͡so - syshchik Kiësi Simada. On khochet dokazatʹ, chto ego drug, obʺi͡avlennyĭ ubiĭt͡seĭ, na samom dele nevinoven i nastoi͡ashchiĭ prestupnik nakhoditsi͡a sredi sobravshikhsi͡a. Odnako Dom s vodi͡anymi kolesami prigotovil novye zhutkie si͡urprizy…_____________________________________________________________"Konet͡s zabvenii͡u khonkaku i͡a pytalsi͡a polozhitʹ sobstvennymi skromnymi usilii͡ami, romanami "Tokiĭskiĭ Zodiak" (1981) i "Dom krivykh sten" (1982). Led slegka tronulsi͡a, no, k sozhalenii͡u, ne srazu poluchilosʹ obresti dostoĭnykh posledovateleĭ v ėtom dele. I vot v 1987 godu pisatelʹ-detektivshchik, kotorogo i͡a tak zhdal, i͡avilsi͡a. I͡A srazu pochuvstvoval vazhnostʹ tvorchestva Ai͡at͡sudzi, poėtomu vsemi silami podderzhal ego debi͡ut". - Sodzi Simada, geniĭ sovremennogo khonkaku

A novel by Soji Shimada's favorite student. Ayatsuji is the co—founder of the Japanese Honkaku Authors Club, winner of the Mystery Writers of Japan and Japan Mystery Literature Award.From the author of "The Murders in the Decagon House," a book from the TOP 10 best Japanese detective stories of all time, which triggered the global honkaku detective boom.A modern intellectual game with the standards of a classic detective story.The brilliant architect Seiji Nakamura built only strange houses with secrets all his life. One of them is a House with water wheels, built in the middle of the mountains, where a normal person would not even think of living. The strange owner of the mansion is confined to a wheelchair and always wears a white mask and white gloves. Here he keeps a collection of works by his father, the great artist Issei Fujinuma, nicknamed the Seer.Only once a year, a select few are allowed to visit the mansion and enjoy the paintings. And on one of these days, a cruel and incomprehensible murder of the housekeeper takes place — she is thrown from the balcony directly onto the rotating water wheels. And then even crazier things happen — one of the guests literally disappeared from the room, from where it is impossible to leave unnoticed, and the second was killed, dismembered and burned. The police's opinion is unequivocal: the missing man is the killer.Exactly one year later, the remnants of the same company return to the mansion. There is a new face among them — detective Kiyoshi Shimada. He wants to prove that his friend, who has been declared a murderer, is actually innocent and the real criminal is among those gathered. However, the House with water wheels has prepared new creepy surprises...._____________________________________________________________" I tried to put an end to honkaku's oblivion with my own modest efforts, with the novels Tokyo Zodiac (1981) and House of Crooked Walls (1982). The ice broke slightly, but, unfortunately, it was not immediately possible to gain worthy followers in this matter. And so in 1987, the mystery writer I had been waiting for showed up. I immediately felt the importance of Ayatsuji's creativity, so I supported his debut with all my might." — Soji Shimada, the genius of modern honkaku