A wartime mystery about the killing of an officer in a village in northern Burma during World War II. Rather than front-line battle, it uses the tension of an occupied post to layer the Japanese army, local society, and a mystery plot.

One officer's death opens the contradictions buried at the bottom of war.

The title story of a linked collection about a former detective now working at a police box as he confronts suspects. Beginning with a blackmail letter tied to elder fraud, it quietly corners human weakness and lies.

A conversation with no escape slowly unravels hidden lies.

A nonfiction account of rights, contracts, and incidents surrounding translated publishing in the Showa era, told from a publishing insider's perspective. It records changes in translation rights and publishing practice through many people and books.

From behind the scenes of translated publishing, it reads the changes in Showa-era publishing and copyright.