Novels
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Book Fiction LiteratureThe Descent of Detective
Ken Takaoka, a career bureaucrat of the National Police Agency, has been transferred to his hometown in hopes of solving the mystery case of his father, who died in the line of duty 15 years ago. Ken's younger brother, the director of the town’s police station, is unable to welcome him home.
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Book Fiction LiteratureTraining Center 0
“If you can’t solve this mystery, start from the police station all over again!” The devil teacher visits the murder scene! Detectives Colombo and Ninzaburō, combined with the famous deductive powers of Kazama, track down dirty criminals. A new spinoff from the best-selling series, Training Center.
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Book Children Teens Fiction LiteratureShare Me the Love and Courage
In the latter half of 1980, Momorou is transferred to a high school in Hiroshima. Although he finds himself immediately smitten with his classmate Komugi, her heart lies with the legendary senior Yuki… the story of their love triangle begins.
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Book Fiction LiteratureMourning the Bones
What was it we really buried that day?... Five elementary school students wander into the mountains with a purpose, but 30 years later, memories of what they did that day start to fade into uncertainty. A new breed of mystery by winner of the Mystery Writers of Japan Prize, 2017.
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Book Children Teens Fiction LiteratureNekomachi, the Cat and the Black Cat
When Nekomachi, an alley cat on Ono Street, uses his ability to transform into a human to attend high school, his life as a cat gets much more lively. A new masterpiece—a story of youth by winner of Shogakukan’s 17th Literary Award of Excellence.
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Book Fiction LiteratureWedding Island
In 1964, survivors take up refuge in an Aoyama apartment after the eruption of Wedding Island in the Ogasawara chain. Years later, the island is merely remembered as having disappeared. The sinister secrets of the island—buried for more than half a century—are revealed after an unsolved serial murder case of December in 2006.
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Book Fiction LiteraturePlease Take Good Care of My Corpse
From stories of love and comedies to sci-fi fantasies—a collection of 18 skillfully written, curious short stories from genres nearly impossible to define. Welcome to the extraordinarily fun world of Kawakami!
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Book Fiction LiteratureThe Confession of the Sirens
The case of a high school kidnapping in Katsushika ward. Taichi Satoya and Takami Asakura of Teito News Station’s “Afternoon Japan” are busy chasing after the next big scoop. Until Takami witnesses a victim with a horribly burned face at an abandoned factory: the battered corpse of Ayaka.
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Book Fiction LiteratureHutch & Marlow
Hutch and Marlow are twin sisters. On their 11th birthday, their mother and only parent announces she is no longer an adult and leaves the twins to look after themselves. The pair then summon all their strength to take the first steps toward adulthood on their own.
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Book Fiction LiteratureGoodbye, Monsieur
One day, twenty years ago, he started speaking—despite the fact he’s a stuffed koala…
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Book Fiction LiteratureShitamachi Rocket: Ghost
Kohei Tsukuda, the president of Tsukuda Factory is in yet another predicament! How will he deal with the acceptance and recall of a client’s new rocket engine? What will he do when a plan to launch the latest rocket for Teikoku Heavy Industries goes horribly wrong? In the midst of it all, Tsukuda is struck with new ideas for product development.
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Book Fiction LiteratureTracks in the Ice
An elderly man’s body is discovered on a beach in an eastern port city of Hokkaido. The detective in charge of the case finds a book of poems at the victim’s home, and discovers that the man had not a single relative to speak of. She slowly unravels the story of the man’s final days spent lost in agonizing loneliness yet clinging to his last threads of life.