A murder at a university summer retreat is investigated by Kenzaki Hiruko and Akechi Kyosuke. The novel layers zombie-like catastrophe over the tension of a closed-circle mystery in a striking debut.

At the lodge where the group is staying, an unimaginable tragedy begins.

A serial killer and a newspaper reporter confront each other through a public debate in print. The novel tensely portrays the structure of a stage-managed crime and the mechanics of the media.

A newspaper battle begins with the line, “Stop my murders with words.”

Recorded as a finalist for the 27th Ayukawa Tetsuya Award, but no standalone book publication could be confirmed in public bibliographic sources.

A finalist work with no confirmed standalone publication in public bibliographies.

At a high school cultural festival haunted house, the class committee member playing a ghost is murdered. The story narrows down the culprit through minute-by-minute verification and was later published as Ghosts’ Alibi.

When did the girl playing the ghost become a real corpse?

Recorded as a finalist for the 27th Ayukawa Tetsuya Award, but no standalone book publication could be confirmed in public bibliographic sources.

A finalist work with no confirmed standalone publication in public bibliographies.

A magistrate’s officer and his son, Toda Sozaemon, solve cases spanning the transition from Edo to Meiji. This is a four-story historical mystery collection later published in paperback.

A linked collection in which father and son solve mysteries in late Edo Japan.