Taku Ashibe
Taku Ashibe 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.Works in English translation
;Novel
;Short story
- "The Horror in the Kabuki Theatre", trans. Sheryl Hogg
Awards and nominations
- 1990 – Ayukawa Tetsuya Award for New Mystery Writers: Satsujin Kigeki no Jūsan-nin
- 2002 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Guran Ginyōru Jō
- 2005 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Murder in the Red Chamber
- 2009 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Saiban'in Hōtei
- 2011 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Kisōkyū Satsujin Jiken
- 2013 – Nominee for Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Suchīmu Opera
Detective Shunsaku Morie series
- Novels
- * Satsujin Kigeki no Jūsan-nin, 1990
- * Rekishi Kaidō Satsujin Jiken, 1995
- * Toki no Yūkai, 1996
- * Rosuto Wārudo no Satsujin, 1997
- * Jūsanbanme no Baishin'in, 1998
- * Fushigi no Kuni no Aribai, 1999
- * Kaijin Tai Meitantei, 2000
- * Wadokei no Yakata no Satsujin, 2000
- * Toki no Misshitsu, 2001
- * Guran Ginyōru Jō, 2001
- * Sen'ichiya no Yakata no Satsujin, 2006
- * Kanojora wa Yuki no Meikyū ni, 2008
- * Kisōkyū Satsujin Jiken, 2010
- * Shichi-nin no Tantei no Tame no Jiken, 2011
- * Purinsesu ni Sasageru Misshitsu, 2012
- * Toki no Shintei, 2013
- Short story collections
- * Tantei Sengen: Morie Shunsaku no Jikenbo, 1998
- * Sekishibyō no Yakata no Satsujin, 2001
- * Sanbyaku-nen no Nazo-Bako, 2005
- * Shōnen wa Tantei o Yumemiru: Morie Shunsaku Kuronikuru, 2006
- * Saiban'in Hōtei, 2008
Modern City series
- Satsujin Kigeki no Modan Shitī, 1994 – Novel
- Shōjo Tantei wa Teito o Kakeru, 2009 – Short story collection
Jichikei tokuso series
- Shitai no Samenai Uchi ni, 1998 – Short story collection
- Metoroporisu ni Shi no Wana o, 2002 – Novel
- Setsudan Toshi, 2004
- Hose Keibu Saidai no Bōken, 1994
- Dream of the Red Chamber, 2004
- Suchīmu Opera'' , 2012
Short story collections
- Mentantei Z: Fukanō Suiri, 2002
- Koroshi wa Erekiteru: Donsai Sensei Jikenchō, 2003
- Gohei Gekijō: Karakuri-Dōrō, 2007
- * Keisei Denki Jō
- * Gohei no Chikara Nazo no Fūjime
- * Hana no Miyako Sharaku no Sugao
- * Kabuki no Kuni Cthulhu Taiji
- Meitantei Hakurankai: Shinsetsu Rupan (Arsène Lupin, 2000
- Meitantei Hakurankai 2: Kogoro Akechi, 2002
- Tantei to Kaijin no Iru Hoteru, 2006
- Meikyū Panoramakan, 2007
- Ōgon Mugen Jō Satsujin Jiken, 2011
- Kosuke Kindaichi, 2013
- Kitan o Uru Mise'', 2013
Juvenile mystery novels
- Neo Detective Boys series
- * Yōki Jō no Himitsu, 2004
- * Densō Kaijin, 2005
- * Nazo no Jiorama Ōkoku, 2005
- Gesshoku Hime no Kisu, 2008
- Sukūru Gāru Ekusupuresu 38 , 2012
- Furiyagi Supika to Ma no Yōkan Jiken, 2015
Historical fiction
- ''Min Shin Shippūroku: Yume, Koxinga
- * Vol.1, 1995
- * Vol.2, 1996
- * Vol.3, 1997