検索キーワード： "DAYS" 現代文学

小説家の槙村朗がパーソナリティーを務めるラジオ番組「A DAY IN YOUR LIFE」は、読者から募集した「何でもない一日、奇跡を感じた一瞬、幸せだった日々、不思議なことがあった日」などの〈あなたの一日〉を読みやすい物語に仕立てて、送っている。じつは、彼は不思議な能力を持っていて、人が書いた文字を見ると、事実か事実でないかがわかるのだ。

On the morning after the 2003 Academy Awards, Max - an Oscar-winning writer/director whose fame has waned - and his lover, Elena, are in bed, still groggy from last night's red-carpet festivities. They are talking about movies, talking about love, talking about the just-begun war in Iraq. But...

As the shadows lengthen over the June grass, all England is heading for Epsom Downs – high life and low life, society beauties and Whitechapel street girls, bookmakers and gypsies, hawkers and acrobats, punters and thieves. Whole families stream along the Surrey back-roads, towards the...

A young man recounts the special times he had with his mother at her funeral.

Even when you come out of bloodshed and disaster in the end you have got to learn to live. From the Costa Book of the Year-winning author of Days Without End Winona is a young Lakota orphan adopted by former soldiers Thomas McNulty and John Cole. Living with Thomas and John on the farm they work...

16. The Secret Door: While studying the Chronicles of the Convent Holmes finds out about secret rooms, hidden within the walls of the Abbey. And in fact, Watson and Holmes find a secret corridor.

15. The Veneration of the Virgin: After a discussion with the Abbot and his Vicar, Watson begins to understand the importance of the veneration of Virgin Mary within the Catholic church. While Holmes's interests wander towards the Abbey's rich collection of relics.

3. In the Convent: After finally reaching the Redeemer's Abbey, the Abbot welcomes them and promptly fills them in about the gruesome details concerning the murder of Brother Emanuel.

10. The Artist's Secret: In the Bible of the first victim Holmes finds a mysterious clue. After all it is the drawings in the library that lead the investigation on a whole new trail...

23. Hellfire and Judgment: Holmes and Watson are at the perpetrator's will, while the accomplice is setting the Abbey alight. They are in a desperate and futile situation. But Holmes has an ace up his sleeve.

20. Suspicions: Holmes does not buy into the Vicar's suicide. Alongside Watson he continues the investigation and uncovers a secret that sheds new light on the case.

18. The Blood of the Messiah: After Holmes and Watson were able to free themselves, they inform the convents Abbot and Vicar. Both of them are not pleased with losing their sacred blood relic.

24. Damnation and Redemption: Holmes and Watson are able to solve the case, but have to answer to the catholic Archbishop. And then, in the end, there is one last problem that requires their attention.

2. Inside the Prisoner's Carriage: Inspector Lestrade brings Holmes and Watson to Twickenham, where they investigate a murder case in the convent. If they can even make it there...

1. An Inspector Arrives: December in Baker Street, Watson is trying to fill the house with the Christmas Spirit but his plans are soon crushed, when Inspector Lestrade proposes a strange case to Holmes.

5. The Last Supper: Holmes is addressing all of the monks in the dining room, and the Abbot asks all his fellow Friars to go to confession, as an attempt to identify the perpetrator.

12. The Priest of Saint Mary: After a challenging tour, Watson reaches the Anglican church of Saint Mary. The local priest takes him in and also seems to know a lot about Brother Emanuel's past.

11. Inside the Blizzard: Watson is taking on the dangerous hike to Teddington. Accompanied by a mule, he pits himself against the forces of nature.

22. The Covenant of Evil: Holmes and Watson are close to solving the case. As they try to confront the alleged perpetrator with their evidence, but things take a turn.

21. The Bearer of God: Holmes, Watson and Lestrade reach a closed off room via the secret corridor. In it somebody is kept against their will. Their identity and reason for imprisonment lead to disturbing findings.