Tatsumi Aikawa, who has dominated the top ranks of mystery rankings in recent years, is also known as a preeminent mystery mania, having won the 23rd Honkaku Mystery Award (Criticism/Research Division) in 2023 for 'Tatsumi Aikawa's Reading Diary: Thus the Mystery Writer Speaks '. His latest novel, 'The Girl Dreams of Murder,' packed with the author's profound love for本格ミステリー (honkaku mystery), will be published by Shinchosha on July 15 (Wed). 'The Girl Dreams of Murder' is a collection of linked mystery short stories set at the Tokyo University reading circle, 'The Moonlit Tea Party.' Tatsumi Aikawa, a leading mystery mania, challenges himself to pay homage to historical masterpieces such as John Dickson Carr (Carter Dickson)'s 'The Three Coffins,' Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None,' and Ellery Queen's 'The Greek Coffin Mystery.' Homages to domestic works include Yukito Ayatsuji's 'The House of the Ten Cats' and Rintaro Norizuki's 'The Condemned Man's Puzzle' (from 'The Adventures of Rintaro Norizuki'). We received the following comments from Ayatsuji-san and Norizuki-san! A book full of light and intellectual playfulness. I also enjoyed 'The House of the Nine Cats.' — Yukito Ayatsuji Poisonous and dangerous! After reading this, you won't be satisfied with ordinary whodunits anymore. — Rintaro Norizuki Itaru Bakuta, a first-year student who just joined the circle, participates in a reading session hosted by Akari Yumemi, a second-year senior. While nervous about his first reading session, he takes a moment to relax with the tea brewed by Akari, only to be overcome by intense sleepiness... and finds himself caught up in an 'incident' eerily similar to the mystery novel they were discussing. It turns out to be a 'dream' world created by Akari. When engrossed in the world of books and imagination runs wild, she creates a mystery play in her 'dreams' based on recently read books, drawing in those who drink the tea she brewed. Unless the mystery is solved withi