善良的朋友妻子

　　《悬案密码》系列的第三部：6年前，一只在海上漂流的瓶子在苏格兰被打捞上岸，然而里面的求救信却被视为不祥之物，直到一位调查人员无意中看出了信件开头用丹麦文写着：救命！随着卡尔和两名下属的破解，他们发现署名“保罗”的作者不仅确有其人，而且在写下瓶中信后便下落不明......　　为何少年的家人不曾追究他的行踪？难道他在多年前便已遭遇不测？正当调查陷入胶着，一起离奇车祸让原本天衣无缝的邪恶罪行露出破绽，串起所有线索的卡尔这才明白，自己面对的并不单是一桩陈年旧案，而是过去十几年来，许多破碎家庭的绝望呼救…

　　1）名叫蒂米的男童怨灵会在万圣节当晚四处寻找糖果，甚至会为此挖开他人的肚子；2）小男孩被逼迫去一户人家恶作剧，结果被长着角的男主人抓住，两人一起上街恶搞乃至戕害狂欢的人群；3）某户人家正坐在客厅看电影，这时有个打扮成巫婆的女孩敲门，却用刀捅了男主人，恐怖的万圣节变成灾难，当然他们正为自己的所作所为付出代价；4）二男一女不良少年团伙在万圣节之夜四处欺负他人，这时打扮成魔鬼的少年出面阻止他们，反而被三人抓住。5）老妇人和亲朋们讲述了玛丽•贝利的传说，那是一个不愿意被人看到的女人的怨灵，如果被她看到可就惨了；6）无法承受丧女之痛的女人在万圣节之夜变成了心理失衡的恶魔；7）中年人的对面，搬来几个重口味的金属青年，夜幕降临，他和重金属们发生了冲突；8）密林深处，失魂落魄的少女被无情的杀人狂追逐，突然怪事发生；9）两个劫匪企图在万圣节绑架某富豪的孩子，怎奈请神容易送神难；10）男人好不容易雕了一个南瓜头，结果南瓜头突然活了过来，大闹街头。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

錺（かざり）職人のもとに奉公していた幸助（片岡千之助）は、ようやく8年の年季が明けることになった。                                                                      　　幸助は幼馴染のお蝶（北 香那）という娘に想いを寄せていた。                                                                      　　5年前、幸助とお蝶は年季が明けるその日、刻は暮六ツに、萬年橋で会う約束をしていた。                                                                      　　互いに想いながらもこの5年の間、幸助は人には言えない秘密を抱えていた。                                                                      　　また、お蝶の身にも幸助には話せない辛い思いがあった。                                                                      　　橋が見渡せる川辺からそっとお蝶を探す幸助。懐にはお蝶の為に作った簪（かんざし）が入っている。                                                                      　　果たして二人は萬年橋で再会することができるのか……。