Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems. At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both...

Newly transferred to a precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo, Detective Kyochiro Kaga, while investigating the puzzling murder of a woman, soon discovers that nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi are suspects.

"San Francisco antiques dealer Jim Brodie recently inherited a stake in his father's Tokyo-based private investigation firm, which means the single father of six-year-old Jenny is living a busy intercontinental life, traveling to Japan to acquire art and artifacts for his store and consulting on Brodie Security's caseload at home and abroad. One night, an entire family is gunned down in San Francisco's bustling Japantown neighborhood, and Brodie is...

"In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami Clan dies, and his family eagerly await the reading of the will. But no sooner are its strange details revealed than a series of bizarre, gruesome murders begins. Detective Kindaichi must unravel the clan's terrible secrets of forbidden liaisons, monstrous cruelty, and hidden identities to find the murderer, and lift the curse wreaking its bloody revenge on the Inugamis."--Provided by publisher.

This compelling murder mystery focuses on the murky world of Internet chat rooms. Veteran Desk Sergeant Takegami finds himself in center stage of the investigations after his colleague is hospitalized.

An accidental death due to hydrogen sulfide poisoning occurred in a local hot spring resort. When a geochemistry researcher, Aoe went to the accident site at the request of the police, there was a young woman. She seemed to be predicting the future of one young man. After 2 months, a similar poisoning accident also occurs in another remote hot spring. Do the two victims have something common? When Aoe arrived to investigate, the woman was there again....

"Four-year-old Manami, the daughter of teacher Yuko Moriguchi, died. Her body was found in the school swimming pool. The tragedy was recognized as an accident - the mother did not keep an eye on her child... The last day of the semester is coming - and Yuko's last day at work. She gathers her class and tells the children the truth about what happened. Her daughter's death was not an accident. The girl was killed by two students from this class. Yuko...