Evening Tales of Detection

Friends and acquaintances gather to tell stories of detection: a powder magazine’s mysterious visitor, a death at sea, and a letter found inside a fish.

The inquiries range from Japanese towns and theaters to colonial Singapore and a snowbound railway resort. Jealousy, gossip, and accidents repeatedly complicate the apparent evidence.

Okamoto Kidō’s complete collection preserves the unresolved endings and conjectures of its tellers, with brief historical and textual notes. AI-assisted translation, prepared and edited by Valentin Sarić.