Minato, Kanae

As Japanese thrillers in translation continue to gain international acclaim—led by Keigo Higashino, Fuminori Nakamura, and Natsuo Kirino—libraries will want to provide multiformat options.

This award-winning debut novel is a creepy and mesmerizing psychological thriller that challenges the conventions of right vs. wrong, good vs. evil, and law vs. justice. There are no happy endings here, but Minato has pieced together an intriguing puzzle that will keep readers glued to their seats. Bound to appeal to fans of dark crime fiction or psychological drama/thrillers.