A caseworker who handles welfare cases is dragged into a chain of fraud and poverty that pushes him out of ordinary life. A noir novel set at the bottom of society.

By the end of summer, even goodwill and righteousness start to crumble.

A young man is forced to face grief and obsession after a girl named Reona, who had only existed as a fictional character, is said to have been “killed.” A youth mystery where reality and fiction blur.

Why was a character killed?