Osana ki mono no satuzin
Translated title: The Murder of a Child - Eve & Rourke
Author: Robb, J. D.
Genre: Thriller
Year: 2023 | Pages: 592 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85553
Translated
A woman's body is discovered in a park at dawn. She's dressed in outdated, flashy clothes and makeup, yet sporting new earrings and a butterfly tattoo. Beneath the victim's hand, which seems to belong to someone else, lies a card scrawled with the words 'Bad Mom' in childish handwriting. Eve tries to narrow down the suspect profile as she investigates, but the investigation stalls, and then, unbelievably, a second victim with the same appearance is discovered
LIVE keisatutyou tokusou tiiki sennyuu han
Translated title: LIVE - National Police Agency Special Investigation Unit
Author: Naitou, Ryou
Genre: Horror
Year: 2023 | Pages: 336 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85543
Detective Naruse Kiyoka joins the newly established 'Special Undercover Investigation Unit'. Her former superior, Sorimachi, sends a strange request for investigation to the unit.
'Something 'strange' was discovered at the scene of a fire at an old house in Aomori, so we'd like you to investigate'. When Kiyoka and her team infiltrate the scene, they find 14 bride dolls stored in a storehouse that survived the fire.
The head of the house, who holds the key to the mystery, was killed in the fire.
As Kiyoka investigates the secrets of the dolls, she uncovers a chilling truth!
The second installment of the police novel featuring the new heroine
Mizuumi no onna tati
Translated title: Women of the Lake
Author: Yosida, Syuuiti
Genre: Mystery
Year: 2023 | Pages: 400 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85568
A bedridden man living in a lakeside nursing home is murdered. The detective investigating the case meets a woman who works at the facility, and the two gradually become entangled in an immoral relationship. Meanwhile, a journalist covering the case discovers that the deceased man was involved in human experimentation in former Manchuria, but for some reason is ordered to stop his reporting. Men, women, and others are drawn to the lake as if by a magnet. An extreme apocalypse that leaves you speechless with its overwhelming conclusion
Goka no ji / Haruki bunko ku 8-2
Translated title: Land of Hellfire
Author: Kusiki, Riu
Genre: Thriller
Year: 2023 | Pages: 328 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85533
In order to deal with a series of arson and murder cases that have occurred in the Kita Ward of Shogo City, L Prefecture, Kyoichiro Torigoe and other members of the Violent Crimes Unit of the First Investigative Division head to Shogo Kita Police Station. Kyoichiro, along with his 'partner' Karasu, pursues the suspicious individuals who have come under their investigation.
However, the day after the investigation begins, a second arson incident occurs, resulting in six more deaths... With the redevelopment being promoted by the ward mayor looming, people are captivated by the 'fire' that lurks within the land...
Can Kyoichiro uncover the secrets of a decades-long chain of bloodshed and a town shimmering with flames?
Su mise go no nie
Native title: すみせごの贄
Translated title: The Sumisego Sacrifice
Author: Sawamura, Ichi
Genre: Horror
Year: 2024 | Pages: 304 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88606
Shoki: Shota, a second-year junior high school student who has stopped going to school due to bullying, accompanies Kon Nozaki, a colleague of his father's, on a research assignment in Shiga Prefecture. There's a local custom of placing a statue of Shoki on the gatepost, and this unique four-armed figure is called 'Tanaware Shoki.' While researching, Shota witnesses an eerie shadow, and that night, he is attacked by a silent figure. Is there something here?
Kai wo ki ku hibi
Translated title: Ghost Story Essay Collection
Author: Hukuzawa, Tetuzou
Genre: Horror / Short Stories
Year: 2023 | Pages: 288 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85518
Even in today's world, where science and technology have made remarkable advances, there is no end to the number of people experiencing strange happenings.
Visits by strange creatures, mysterious and unexplainable phenomena, synchronicities that are statistically impossible. We usually forget about these things, but such memories lurk deep in the minds of everyone.
A master of true ghost stories writes down the strange happenings recounted by those who have experienced them in a matter-of-fact style
Horo yuki no yoru
Native title: 放浪・雪の夜
Translated title: Wanderings: Snowy Nights
Author: Oda, Sakunosuke
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2024 | Pages: 320 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88612
Oda Sakunosuke, author of 'Fufu Zenzai' and known as a close friend of Dazai Osamu and Sakaguchi Ango, is known for his rich narrative.
The appeal of his works lies in their rich narratives. 'Wandering' depicts the wandering journey of chef Junpei. 'Snowy Night' tells the story of a man and woman who flee to Beppu.
'Zokushu,' a work nominated for the Akutagawa Prize, tells the story of a man with excellent business acumen who rebuilds his family home. 'Hotaru' tells the story of Teradaya Otose, beloved by Ryoma.
This collection includes 11 stories carefully selected by researchers of Oda's literature. Full of ups and downs, yet filled with human feelings. Here you will find the one and only author born in Osaka
Onnagira i dokuta no kageki na kyuuai
Native title: 女嫌いドクターの過激な求愛
Translated title: The Radical Courtship of a Misogynistic Doctor
Author: Katou, Rie
Genre: Romance
Year: 2024 | Pages: 288 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88590
Rino is a plain secretary who wants to live a stable life. However, after her husband is seduced, she becomes desperate and expresses her desire to lose her virginity. She ends up spending the night with her boss, Hiiragi, a cosmetic surgeon and heir to a wealthy family, who says, 'It could be me', and he says, 'Fall in love with me for the rest of your life. I'll never let you regret it'. Rino thought that this relationship with him, who is of a different social status than her, would end there, but he ends up doting on Hiiragi and Rino and doting on them...!?
Pi nattu hitotubu de subete wo ka eru
Translated title: One Peanut Can Change Everything
Author: Sakahara, Atusi
Genre: Social Novel
Year: 2023 | Pages: 336 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85555
I, the second-generation owner of a barbershop in Shinjuku, encounter a mysterious customer one day. His name is Jo Sorano, and he claims to be a film director. I'm persuaded by his elusive way of speaking to him about my business, and he tells me that if I eat one peanut every night before bed, my wish will come true. What is the truth behind this? Skeptical, I try following his advice, and my shop's sales increase. This is a realistic business entertainment novel that applies business theory to a barbershop
Byou de to be
Native title: 八秒で跳べ
Translated title: Jump in Eight Seconds
Author: Tsubota, Yuya
Genre: Social Novel / Romance
Year: 2024 | Pages: 336 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88588
Miyashita Kei, a second-year student on the Meishu High School volleyball team, and Mashima Aya, a girl in the same year who aspires to be a manga artist. From the night they met, something began to change. A moving story about the real life of adolescence, set in the high school volleyball club, about a 21-year-old medical student!
Volleyball has always been by Kei's side, and manga has always been by Majima's side. They both enjoy what they do and have continued doing it for a long time, but when did it start to become difficult? Unable to find their place in the world and unable to move forward, the feelings of the two intersect, and finally, on the eve of Christmas, the time that had stopped moving forward begins to flow again
