Published as Late Summer Light, this hard-boiled crime novel follows Satoru Nitta, a Japanese man working for an underworld fixer in Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong's underworld, Satoru Nitta works for the fixer Chen Xiaosheng, taking on jobs that include recovering stolen goods.

Seikai Amahara's TYRANT was a finalist for the fifth Kadokawa Haruki Novel Award, not the award-winning work.

Wakainumaru Assassination Chronicle: A Kamakura Chronicle Side Story was a finalist for the fifth Kadokawa Haruki Novel Award, not a prize recipient, so it is not listed as an award-winning work.

Taishi Asano's Sabaku no Shita ni Doru wa Nemuru was a finalist for the fifth Kadokawa Haruki Novel Award, not the award-winning work.