Kuraudo no siro
Native title: クラウドの城
Translated title: Castle in the Cloud
Author: Ooya, Mutumi
Genre: Thriller / Crime
Year: 2024 | Pages: 456 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88600
The winner of the Newcomer Award at the 25th Japan Mystery Literature Award. The protagonist, former mercenary Kashima Joe, lost his girlfriend in a suicide bombing in Iraq and has been heartbroken since returning to Japan. Thanks to Kana, whom he met two years ago, Kashima gradually recovers and gets a job at a data center in Hokkaido, where a series of locked-room murders occur. Kashima must confront the killer
Saturiku no kyousikyoku
Translated title: Rhapsody of Slaughter
Author: Nakayama, Nanasato
Genre: Thriller
Year: 2023 | Pages: 256 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85546
The worst heinous crime of the Reiwa era has occurred at a luxury nursing home. Reiji Mikoshiba, a lawyer riddled with a bad reputation, volunteers to defend the despicable suspect, but what shocking plan is he secretly plotting?
Yomei 1 niti no boku ga, kimi ni tumu gu monogatari
Translated title: A Story I'll Tell You with Only One Day Left to Live
Author: Kitomo, Na
Genre: Social Novel
Year: 2023 | Pages: 320 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85525
I will never give up on tomorrow, and I will never give up on you. My memories only last one day. One morning, novelist Kishimoto Akira learns a shocking truth from one of his own writings.
Due to an accident that left him with anterograde amnesia, he has forgotten everything that happened yesterday. The death of memory is the same as the death of a novelist. In his despair, he meets a woman named Tsubasa, and in search of hope, he begins to write novels again...
This is a story of never giving up on tomorrow
Kowa i tomodati
Native title: 怖いトモダチ
Translated title: Scary Friends
Author: Okabe, Etu
Genre: Crime / Mystery
Year: 2024 | Pages: 240 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88598
The true identity of this woman emerges from the testimonies of 16 people. Is she a villain or a saint? Who is telling the truth? Who is the victim, and who is the perpetrator? Who are you? Why are you snooping around about me? The more you read, the deeper the mystery deepens. This is a mystery created with the author's whole heart
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
Ro ru kyabetu
Translated title: Cabbage Rolls
Author: Morisawa, Akio
Genre: Social Novel
Year: 2023 | Pages: 416 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85539
You can rewrite the script of your life!
What changed Makoto Natsukawa, a second-year university student with no dreams or hobbies, were his friends who participated in 'chairing,' a simple pastime of just sitting in a chair.
A coming-of-age entrepreneurial novel from the author of 'The Coffee Shop at Rainbow Cape' and 'Natsumi's Fireflies!'
What is chairing? It's carrying a chair around and relaxing wherever you like. So, grab your chair and go out
Saiken no kamisama
Native title: 再建の神様
Translated title: The God of Reconstruction
Author: Tsuyoshi, Egami
Genre: Social Novel
Year: 2024 | Pages: 400 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88615
Respecting Hayakawa Tanezo, known as the 'god of reconstruction', and striving to work for the good of society and people, Haruki Taneo, a young local banker, aspires to work for the good of people, but an incident causes him to question his job as a banker.
Fleeing, he boards the Tohoku Shinkansen and happens to meet Shibusawa Eiji, a man claiming to be a reconstruction contractor, and the two head to Aizu together. Haruki ends up rebuilding a hot spring inn that was on the verge of bankruptcy, but problems continue...
A masterpiece business novel by a former banker, depicting the revitalization of people and companies
Kotira yokohama po-to sithi hudousan
Translated title: This is Yokohama Port City Real Estate
Author: Migite, Morikentomi
Genre: Mystery
Year: 2023 | Pages: 224 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85536
Mari Hamano, whose previous employer went bankrupt, begins working at Yokohama Port City Real Estate in Naka Ward, Yokohama City. However, the company president seems to do no work at all, and is an eccentric character who starts drinking in his car in the evenings. He often doesn't show up at the office for about a week at a time. But Mari finds it strange that various people visit the president and leave with smiles on their faces after talking to him.
One day, a frail-looking elderly woman visits Port City Real Estate. She is Kimiko Nagata, the wife of Kinzo Nagata, a local landowner who died suddenly two months ago, and she says, 'My husband was a wealthy man, and now there's a dispute over the inheritance, so I need your help.' As Yokoi and Mari interview the eccentric heirs, they get closer to uncovering the full extent of Kinzo's assets, and gradually, an unknown side of Kinzo is revealed. A mystery entertainment novel set in Yokohama City, with 'inheritance' and 'real estate' as its themes!
Tukikage no rekuiemu
Translated title: Moonlight Requiem
Author: Kouko, Minakawa
Genre: Family Saga
Year: 2023 | Pages: 416 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85537
'You are not my real granddaughter' - Catherine was stunned by her beloved grandmother's last words. Twenty-seven years ago, her grandmother was feared by the townspeople, known as a witch. One day, she accidentally saved the life of a baby born from a tragic love affair and left town with him - that child was Catherine. Catherine visits her hometown to bury her grandmother, but the people there turn against her, seeing her as a descendant of a witch. The only one who stands by her is Sheriff Luke
Mochidzuki no karasu
Native title: 望月の烏
Translated title: Moonlit Crow
Author: Abe, Tiri
Genre: Fantasy / Romance
Year: 2024 | Pages: 352 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88587
Nagihiko has been appointed the new King of the Golden Crows, who rules Yamauchi, a world ruled by the Yatagarasu. The candidates for his wife who will be taking part in the ceremony to become queen are Hotaru of the South, Tsurugane of the North, Yamabuki of the East, and Katsura no Hana of the West. However, there is the presence of Sumio, a peerless beauty who works at the palace as a concubine.
With over 2 million copies sold and an anime adaptation scheduled for nationwide broadcast! The long-awaited latest installment in the hugely popular fantasy series 'Yatagarasu Series'.
With the backing of the absolute authority, Lord Hakuriku, Nagihiko has become the new King's King, ruling the alternate world of Yamauchi. To choose his wife, four princesses from the noble families of the north, south, east, and west take part in the 'Enthronement Ceremony' at the palace.
However, the presence of a beautiful princess working as a low-ranking official stirs up consternation
