This hard-boiled novel follows Kanagawa police detective Eiji Futamura after he is removed from a murder investigation over the disappearance of a key person of interest. A letter draws him deeper into the case, while the book evokes Chandler through the atmosphere of Yokohama and the loneliness of a detective.

A disappearance, a crash, and a letter pull detective Eiji Futamura into the depths of a long farewell.

Private detective Milo Milodragovitch accepts a request from a dangerously alluring woman and steps into a case tangled with violence and old debts. The crime novel combines dry humor with rough-edged melancholy, giving weight to an aging detective’s wounds.

A dangerous request draws a drink-soaked, memory-haunted detective toward a final wilderness.