A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Showdown! Shinichi Kudo vs Heiji Hattori~

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Novel 9
Information
Title:	A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Showdown! Shinichi Kudo vs Heiji Hattori~
Japanese Title:	工藤新一への挑戦状～対決！！工藤新一VS服部平次～
Release date:	April 12, 2012
ISBN:	ISBN 978-4-09-123447-6
Publisher:	Shogakukan
Creators
Original work:	Gosho Aoyama
Author:	Takehiko Hata and Takahisa Taira
Artwork:	Yutaka Abe
Case
Cast:	Shinichi Kudo Ran Mouri Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Juzo Megure Miwako Sato Wataru Takagi Officer Tome Sonoko Suzuki Kogoro Mouri Yusaku Kudo Yukiko Kudo Eri Kisaki
Suspects:
Case solved by:	Shinichi Kudo (x5) Heiji Hattori
Chronology
Prev novel:	« A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Love Formula Murder Case~
Next novel:	Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case (Novel) »
List of novels

Cast

Characters
Shinichi Kudo Ran Mouri Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Juzo Megure Miwako Sato Wataru Takagi Officer Tome Sonoko Suzuki Kogoro Mouri Yusaku Kudo (manager's memory) Yukiko Kudo (manager's memory) Eri Kisaki

Case 1: Showdown! Shinichi Kudo vs Heiji Hattori

Cast

Characters
Shinichi Kudo Ran Mouri Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Juzo Megure Miwako Sato Wataru Takagi Officer Tome

Situation

Murder
	Location: Fujimaru's House Victim: Hideko Nakajima Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Kazuo Fujimaru and Yoshino Saeki

People

Kazuo Fujimaru
	Composer

Hideko Nakajima
	Victim (stabbed) 35 years old

Yoshino Saeki
	Kazuo's wife

Resolution

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The culprit is Yoshino Saeki.

Case 2: The Magical Doll House

Cast

Characters
Shinichi Kudo Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Kogoro Mouri Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Juzo Megure

People

Kensuke Kubo
100px	Doll artisan Teacher of a doll making class

Yukino Mizutani
100px	Victim (stabbed) Student of Kubo's doll making class Kubo's girlfriend

Case 3: Legend of the Restaurant in the Observatory

Cast

Characters
Shinichi Kudo Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Yusaku Kudo (manager's memory) Yukiko Kudo (manager's memory) Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato

Case 4: Diamond in a Bank Basement

Cast

Characters
Shinichi Kudo Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri

Situation

Murder
	Location: Teitan Bank Victim: Machiko Sonoda Cause of death: Blunt force trauma? Suspects: Yuzo Nimura, Yoko Sakai, and Ryosuke Hasegawa All three suspects admit beating the victim to death, however the cause of death is an entirely different matter.

People

Machiko Sonoda
	Victim (beaten) Teitan Bank employee System development

Takeo Emoto
	Teitan Bank employee Branch manager

Yuzo Nimura
	Teitan Bank employee Submanager

Yoko Sakai
	Teitan Bank employee In charge of the safe-deposit boxes

Ryosuke Hasegawa
	Teitan Bank employee Head of corporate sales

Adill Asad
	Ambassador

Resolution

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Sonoda did not die from being beaten, but from venom of the black mamba. The culprit who murdered Sonoda is Ryosuke Hasegawa. Sonoda discovered that there are bank employees that had taken the ambassador's diamonds in the basement, which he could do nothing about because the diamonds are illegal. Sonoda managed to identify two of them, Nimura and Sakai, but could not find the one behind them, and as a result, she felt her life was endangered. Therefore, she willingly let that person, who turned out to be Hasegawa, kill her so that Kogoro, who she considered her hero, could capture him.

Case 5: Secret of the White Room

Cast

Characters
Shinichi Kudo Ran Mouri Eri Kisaki Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato

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