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大沢在昌、宮部みゆき、京極夏彦、人気作家3人が自作を朗読するチャリティーイベント「リーディングカンパニー」。3人が所属する「大沢オフィス」の設立10年と、公式ホームページ「大極宮」開設1年を記念して2002年に始まった催しです。以降、読者への感謝を込めた恒例イベントとして年に1度のペースで開催され続けています。単独の朗読あり、3人が共演した朗読あり。遊び心満載の貴重な朗読会をお楽しみください。このオーディオブックは、2012年10月28日、東京中央区・浜離宮朝日ホールで開かれた、第11回公演を収録したものです。【前編 収録内容】・京極夏彦「髻設尼(けしに)坂」(書下ろし/後に『眩談』収録)パーカッション:渡辺亮・大沢在昌「区立花園公園」(『鮫島の貌 新宿鮫短編集』収録)・宮部みゆき「悪い本」(『悪い本』収録)、「いるの いないの」(京極夏彦『いるの いないの』収録)音楽:森脇一雅、森脇美佐/演出:河野治彦

Adapted from the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.... Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening – and he knows what question the stranger will ask.

In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street – visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them.

相続鑑定士の三津木六兵の肩には人面瘡が寄生している。毒舌ながら頭脳明晰なその怪異を、六兵は「ジンさん」と呼び、頼れる友人としてきた。ある日、六兵が派遣されたのは長崎にある島、通称「人面島」。

Meet Balram Halwal, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells his story.... Born in a village in the dark heart of India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teas hop.

ニューイングランドのミスカトニック渓谷で調査のため家々を回る主人公。その最中、嵐に見舞われ、一軒のぼろ家で雨宿りすることに。そこで見つけた一冊の本と、そこに見える一葉の挿絵。恐れを抱く主人公と妖しく微笑むその家の老人……。20世紀最大の怪奇小説作家、H・P・ラヴクラフトがおくる、聴く者の想像力を掻きたてる恐怖作品です。

Two husbands secretly agree to a night of passion - with each other's wives; a slighted old man takes an elaborate and chilling revenge on his tormentor; a sculpture comes between a scheming wife and her put-upon husband.... Lust highlights a domestic familiarity always on the edge of something much, much darker.

Still haunted by the disappearance of his little sister, Amy, over 20 years ago, Joseph Bridgeman’s life has fallen apart. When a friend talks him into seeing hypnotherapist Alexia Finch to help with his insomnia, Joseph accidentally discovers he can time travel. His first trip only takes him back a few minutes, but his new-found ability gives him something he hasn’t felt for the longest time: hope.

「俺の名前は瀬良亮介、しがない探偵さ」 依頼の来ない錆びれた探偵事務所を経営する瀬良亮介は、女子大生で自称助手の森下ありさの発案により盗聴器調査を営業品目に付け加える。早速訪ねてきた、美人OL雨宮裕香から調査の依頼を受けるも、事はストーカー犯罪から大企業を揺るがす事件へと発展して行く…。本格推理とギャグ満載の抱腹絶倒コメディー。あなたはこの笑撃に耐えられるか!! ※この物語はフィクションです。(C)2011株式会社ウェルツアニメーションスタジオ

After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like an eagle’s talons, triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood. Until now. For years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined.

The CIA's highly classified Special Activities Division is in the business of tracking people down and keeping secrets hidden. Then a botched field operation reveals some dark dealings between an officer's superiors and an informant, dealings she's not supposed to know about. And a plot that could kill thousands of Americans. Including her husband and daughter. Knowing that her leadership is corrupt to the core, she is forced to give up her identity and to work from the shadows. But it's not easy staying hidden when your enemies are elite intelligence operatives.

When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet unassuming, Katie is determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community. But even as Katie starts to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts her….

It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end - the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public. But there are rumors that something has survived.

There's a killer on the loose who knows that beauty is only skin deep, and a trainee investigator who's trying to save her own hide. The only man that can help is locked in an asylum. But he's willing to put a brave face on, if it will help him escape.

大沢在昌、宮部みゆき、京極夏彦、人気作家3人が自作を朗読するチャリティーイベント「リーディングカンパニー」。3人が所属する「大沢オフィス」の設立10年と、公式ホームページ「大極宮」開設1年を記念して2002年に始まった催しです。以降、読者への感謝を込めた恒例イベントとして年に1度のペースで開催され続けています。単独の朗読あり、3人が共演した朗読あり。遊び心満載の貴重な朗読会をお楽しみください。このオーディオブックは、2012年10月28日、東京中央区・浜離宮朝日ホールで開かれた、第11回公演を収録したものです。【vol.11後編 収録内容】・共演「あちこちら」(大沢在昌『らんぼう』収録)ウラ・杉村……大沢在昌/イケ・洋祐……京極夏彦/婆さん……宮部みゆき/音楽:森脇一雅、森脇美佐

Act of Valor takes listeners deep into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home.

Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden. In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees...and a collection of precious “butterflies” - young women who have been kidnapped and intricately tattooed to resemble their namesakes. Overseeing it all is the Gardener, a brutal, twisted man obsessed with capturing and preserving his lovely specimens.

In this deeply scary and intensely unnerving debut novel, Jake and a woman known only as "The Girlfriend" are on a drive to visit his parents at their secluded farm. But when Jake leaves "The Girlfriend" stranded at an abandoned high school, what follows is a twisted unraveling of the darkest unease, an exploration into psychological frailty, and an ending as suspenseful as The Usual Suspects and as haunting as Misery.

Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote...and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.

【解説】「屋根裏の散歩者」は密室殺人事件の傑作で、発表当時、世間から非難を浴びたという問題作。卒業後も親の仕送りで下宿で暮らす郷田三郎は、屋根裏の散歩で20人もの下宿人の意外な姿を盗み見ることがこの上ない快楽となった。ある日、虫の好かない遠藤が口をあけて寝ている姿を見て、ある「犯罪(殺意)」に夢想して興奮し、実行に移すのだが・・・。名探偵、明智小五郎とのスリルあるやりとりが物語を終焉へと誘っていく。 「人間椅子」は、椅子職人の異常な告白の物語。ある日、洋館に住む美しい閨秀作家の佳子のもとに届いた手紙に綴られた告白では、自分が外人ホテルからの特別注文で作った肘掛椅子を愛するあまり、その中に自分の体を忍び込ませたという。皮一枚隔てて触れる様々な外国人の男女の肉体の感触に陶酔するが、やがて彼の欲求は日本人のそれへと沸き立っていく。そしてその椅子は、ある洋館に引き取られていったのだが・・・。 【朗読者】wis(透明感のある声で知られる女性朗読家です)

Amanda and Clay head to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a holiday: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they've rented for the week. But with a late-night knock on the door, the spell is broken. Ruth and G. H., an older couple who claim to own the home, have arrived there in a panic. These strangers say that a sudden power outage has swept the city, and - with nowhere else to turn - they have come to the country in search of shelter.