槍の折れ The Broken Spear

The notorious thief Kanbei, known as "Bat Kanbei," was executed two years ago.
Yet a threatening letter, signed in his name as a ghost, arrives at the wealthy Naruseya household in Koishikawa. Soon after, the head clerk Denroku is found dead, struck by a broken spear.

A tightly locked house.
A mysterious kitchen skylight left open.
Weapons hidden on the second floor.
And a poisoned bowl of miso soup that brings the Naruseya family to the brink of death.

Is this truly the vengeance of a ghost, or the work of a living human hand?
Zenigata Heiji follows the clues through fear, silence, and deception, uncovering a tragic revenge born from buried sins.

From Kodo Nomura's beloved Edo-period detective series Zenigata Heiji Detective Stories, The Broken Spear is a haunting mystery of locked rooms, old crimes, and human sorrow.

江戸を騒がせた大泥棒・蝙蝠冠兵衛は、二年前に処刑されたはずだった。
ところが小石川陸尺町の大地主・成瀬屋に、冠兵衛の亡霊を名乗る脅迫状が届き、やがて番頭の伝六が、折れた槍で一突きにされて命を落とす。

厳重な戸締まり。
開いていた台所の引窓。
二階に残された武具。
そして、成瀬屋一家を襲う毒入り味噌汁。

亡霊の祟りか、それとも生きた人間の企みか。
銭形平次は、怪談めいた事件の奥に潜む、哀しい復讐の真相へ迫っていく。

野村胡堂による人気捕物シリーズ「銭形平次捕物控」より、密室の謎と人間の怨念が交錯する一篇。
江戸の闇に浮かぶ折れ槍が、過去に葬られた罪を暴き出す。