Jiken series
# Jiken series

The Jiken series (事件シリーズ, Jiken shiriizu) are Japanese mystery novels by Kouhei Kadono. Kadono began his career writing light novels, but this series came from a mainstream publishing label, Kodansha Novels. In 2008 Del Rey Manga announced that they would be publishing the first novel in the series in English, but did not release any.

## Novels

### The Case of the Dragon Slayer (殺竜事件, Satsuryū Jiken), June 2000, ISBN 4-06-182135-0

    When a dragon is murdered, the main characters must travel the globe, trying to discover how such a thing was even possible.

### Inside the Apocalypse Castle (紫骸城事件, Shigai Shiro Jiken), June 2001, ISBN 4-06-182184-9

    During a sorcery tournament, sorcerers begin dying in unusual ways.

### The Man in Pirate's Island (海賊島事件, Kaizoku-jima Jiken), December 2002, ISBN 4-06-182282-9

    A princess is found encased in crystal, and the main suspect flees to an island ruled by pirates

### Some Tragedies of No-Tears Land (禁涙境事件, Kinruikyō Jiken), January 2005, ISBN 4-06-182404-X

    In the aftermath of destruction, investigators ponder links between unsolved mysteries from a town's past.
