Etsuko has fallen in love with the shy young university lecturer who clumsily courts her. But her family objects to his past: his father was a war criminal; his deceased younger brother, a murderer. When Etsuko lies to force the marriage through, she...
In the shadowy depths of Mount Togakusbi in Nagano Prefecture, there lived three powerful, wicked sorcerers who were masters of the black arts of magic and enchantment. These mysterious magicians were known as Tsuneciabime, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, a...
"A wickedly plotted mystery with a metafictional twist that feels far fresher than those of more contemporary versions with the same idea" -- The New York TimesA bewildering locked-room murder occurs as an amateur crime writer investigates st...