The Resurrection Fireplace

London, 1770. Brilliant physician Daniel Barton and his students are pioneering the modern science of anatomy with cadavers supplied by the “resurrection men” who prowl cemeteries for fresh graves. But their position becomes precarious with the appearance of two unexpected corpses: a boy with amputated limbs and a man without a face. When magistrate Sir John Fielding and his Bow Street Runners become involved, Barton’s students must clear their teacher’s name by uncovering the origin of the corpses—and their connection to Nathan Cullen, an aspiring poet recently arrived in London’s coffee houses whose work attracts the wrong kind of attention from publishers. Unfolding across a lovingly recreated panorama of early modern London, this tale by legendary Japanese novelist Hiroko Minagawa was awarded the 2012 Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize in Japan. 皆川博子，一九二九年生，自《海与十字架》出道成为儿童文学作家之后，受到中井英夫、赤江瀑等人的影响，转而创作悬疑、幻想文学。二十世纪八十年代开始涉足推理文学，在新本格推理的创作领域受到高度评价。 写作生涯囊括多项文学大奖，包括学研儿童文学奖、小说现代新人奖、日本推理作家协会奖、直木奖、柴田炼三郎奖、吉川英治文学奖、本格推理大奖、日本推理文学大奖等。 《剖开您是我的荣幸》以十八世纪的英国为背景。作家熟读狄更斯著作及英国十八世纪文史研究书籍，严谨的考究精神与精湛的写作功力，令本作受到业界与读者的一致好评，一举摘得第十二届本格推理大奖。