On'na to otoko, soshite koroshi-ya
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Translated title: Women, Men, and Assassins
Author: Isimoti, Senkai
Genre: Mystery
Year: 2024 | Pages: 272 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88596
Tomizawa Masaru and Konoike Tomoe are business-like, stable, and reliable part-time hitmen. Though they are unaware of each other's existence, they share a habit of being unable to help but deduce the reasoning behind their targets' strange behavior. As they delve deeper into the mysteries of the jobs they each receive, their lines of deduction, which should never have crossed paths, lead to a shocking truth. This is a unique collection of short and medium-length mystery stories in which hitmen rush to solve the mysteries of everyday life
Tokei dorobo to akunin-tachi
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Translated title: The Clock Thief and the Villains
Author: Yuki, Haruo
Genre: Mystery / Crime
Year: 2023 | Pages: 512 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 93757
Painter Iguchi turns to his childhood friend Hasuno, a former bank employee who has become a thief, with an unusual problem. Iguchi's father accidentally sold businessman and art collector Kaemon a fake version of a valuable antique mantel clock associated with Dutch royalty. With Kaemon preparing to display the clock in his newly constructed private museum, the deception could soon be exposed, so Iguchi and Hasuno plan to infiltrate the museum and secretly exchange the fake for the genuine article. Their adventure opens a sequence of interconnected mysteries set amid the turbulence of Japan's Taisho era. The pair encounter an extraordinary locked-room case, a kidnapping and ransom plot complicated by heavy snow, mysterious foreign correspondence, a bizarre murder aboard a large cargo ship, and jewel theft, while apparently separate incidents and characters gradually connect. Bringing together ingenious puzzles, crime, deception and the exploits of a thief-and-painter partnership, this linked mystery collection also connects with the world of the author's earlier novels Koshu Shokai and Sakasu kara kita shittatsuri
Utaware nakatta kaizoku e
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Translated title: To the Pirate Who Was Never Sung
Author: Aisaka, Toma
Genre: Social Fiction / Historical Fiction
Year: 2026 | Pages: 464 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 93796
Germany, 1944, under the Nazi regime. After his father is executed following a denunciation, Werner is left with nowhere to belong. He encounters Elfriede and Leonhard, members of the Edelweiss Pirates, a group of young people who resist a regime that inflames nationalism and deprives them of their freedom, repeatedly challenging the Hitler Youth. Werner and his new companions eventually become suspicious of railway tracks being laid through the city. Following the tracks, they discover a concentration camp and come face to face with the 'ultimate evil'. What action can young people take when confronted with such a reality? A historical coming-of-age novel exploring resistance, moral courage and how individuals choose to live amid discrimination, division and authoritarianism.
The author's first novel following his Japan Booksellers' Award-winning debut
Koi suru saru ha ki kara o tiru
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Translated title: A Monkey in Love Falls from a Tree
Author: Satou, Yamatoko
Genre: Romance / Short Stories
Year: 2024 | Pages: 256 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88603
This is the first novel by Sato Michaela Wako, a former idol, current talent, and popular YouTuber!
Rather than 'see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil,' this expert on fantasy writes with a light-hearted penmanship about the misfortunes that result from 'I saw it! I said it! I heard it!'
Enjoy the hilarious wordplay and be saved by the bizarre endings in these 13 noisy short stories, packed with romance in the Reiwa era. In addition to popular YouTube hits, this book also features many new works.
Do you lose interest when someone chases you? What about splitting the bill on the first date? Will you just end up being a 'nice guy'? Is looks more important than personality?
You'll definitely empathize with the honest inner thoughts of the characters as they struggle with love. (Note the number of exclamation marks!!!!!!)
Even if you're clumsy and get rejected, or selfish and complaining, people in love are incredibly funny and adorable!
If you're sick of love, this is a must-read book that will recharge your energy in just 10 minutes
Sakin ha ki e ta!
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Translated title: The Gold Dust is Gone!
Series: Volume 2 of 2
Author: Tuda, Mikio
Genre: Social Fiction
Year: 2024 | Pages: 186 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88617
The impact that a chance encounter can have on a person's destiny is immeasurable. This suspenseful story of misfortune is born from a chain of encounters!
The protagonist, Amano, refuses to take over the family warehouse business and sets off on a backpacking trip. He ends up in Burkina Faso, Africa, one of the poorest countries in the world. In recent years, gold deposits have been discovered, creating a gold panning boom.
Amano witnesses the tragic reality of children working deep in the mine shafts in search of food. Believing it his mission to support these children, he establishes a gold dust import company in Japan. However, the gold dust import business, which is run by mysterious people, is not as easy as he thought.
Will Amano be able to successfully launch his gold dust import business and fulfill his mission? This is a suspenseful business suspense story filled with money and intrigue
Hotaru ni naxtu ta ano hi
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Translated title: The Day I Became a Firefly
Author: Tomukai, Ryosuke
Genre: Mystery / Family Saga
Year: 2024 | Pages: 105 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88618
'I have dreams, I have things I want to do. But they can't come true now. So...'
The story begins one evening. A young man is walking through a nearby park after dinner.
A fortune teller suddenly appears in the park and predicts how much time he has left to live.
The young man is skeptical and refuses to listen, but as he goes about his daily life, he encounters countless events that make him wonder if he really is going to die.
What kind of mark will the young man, who has come to terms with his own death, leave behind in his final moments?
Ichiya
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Translated title: One Night
Series: Book 10
Author: Konno, Bin
Genre: Crime / Mystery
Year: 2026 | Pages: 432 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 93798
Popular author Teruki Kitakami is kidnapped near his home in Odawara. As the mystery deepens, Kitakami's friend, Ken Umebayashi, offers to help with the investigation. Ryuzaki respects his expertise as a mystery writer and decides to ask for his advice in solving the case. Meanwhile, Ryuzaki's son, Kunihiko, pleads to drop out of the University of Tokyo to pursue a career in film and television. As Ryuzaki investigates the kidnapping and confronts the mystery behind a tragic night, the principled police bureaucrat who has always adhered rigidly to his beliefs begins to demonstrate a growing understanding of people. The tenth instalment in the Inpei sosa series depicts a new stage in the personal development of Kanagawa Prefectural Police Criminal Investigation Department chief Shinya Ryuzaki
Ima ha tada hitomi wo to zi te
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Translated title: Just Close Your Eyes Now
Author: Forster, Lori
Genre: Romance
Year: 2024 | Pages: 512 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88591
Translated
Star, a woman who has recovered from a painful past 12 years ago, is making a living as a long-distance driver. During her rootless days traveling across the United States, she regularly stops off at a small bar in the mountains to rest. The owner, Cade, is a tall, muscular man with cold blue eyes. Star realizes that he is not just a bartender, and that, like her, he is harboring a big secret
Yuumei no kishi
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Translated title: Shore of the Underworld
Author: Ono, Fuyumi
Genre: Fantasy
Year: 2026 | Pages: 368 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 93754
Four stories return to the world of the Twelve Kingdoms and the troubled kingdom of Tai, exploring encounters with life, death and the meaning of survival. In "Iho no kyaku", Ransan, a young woman living in the Yellow Sea, encounters a man who has come from Tai. While he discovers the strength of people who make their living hunting dangerous beasts, his stories of countries and government provide Ransan with a new point of reference, beginning a fateful relationship. The title story, "Yumei no kishi", turns to Taiki, the kirin of Tai. A kirin is a sacred creature that must never be polluted by blood, but after Taiki kills a person in the cause of justice, the question arises whether he can still be permitted to live. Together with "Senjonan" and "Yume no musubi", these four stories continue the world and characters of the acclaimed Twelve Kingdoms saga following Shirogane no oka, kuro no tsuki. Confronting characters with violence, responsibility, fate and survival, the collection asks what it means to live after enduring profound suffering and loss
Kyou hito tei no satuzin
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Translated title: Murder at the Villain's House
Author: Imamura, Masahiro
Genre: Mystery
Year: 2024 | Pages: 368 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88597
A 'villain's mansion' towers over an 'abandoned theme park'. Hamura Yuzuru and Kenzaki Hiruko, who entered the bizarre mansion late at night with a group searching for research materials from the Madarame Institute, were met by a ruthless decapitation killer. After a frantic night of fleeing, Hiruko goes missing while her companions are discovered headless one after the other. The survivors, each with their own agenda, are unable to choose a way out of the maze-like mansion. The possibility of another murderer also emerges... Can Hamura find Hiruko, solve the mystery together, and survive?
