Japanese Fiction Thrillers

Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend. In the 16th century, eight samurais, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a terrible curse down upon their village. Centuries later, a mysterious young man named Tatsuya arrives in town, bringing a spate of deadly poisonings in his wake. The inimitably scruffy and brilliant Kosuke Kindaichi investigates.

白昼堂々、事件は起きた。人気のリゾート地スマグラーズ島で、元女優のアリーナが何者かに殺されたのだ。傍若無人な彼女は羨望と反感を一身に集めていた。宿泊客のなかに犯人がいることは間違いない。しかし、全員に完璧なアリバイが。

この家は、どこか可怪（おか）しい。転居したばかりの部屋で、何かが畳を擦る音が聞こえ、背後には気配が……。だから、人が居着かないのか。何の変哲もないマンションで起きる怪異現象を調べるうち、ある因縁が浮かび上がる。かつて、ここでむかえた最期とは。怨みを伴う死は「穢(けが)れ」となり、感染は拡大するというのだが──山本周五郎賞受賞、戦慄の傑作ドキュメンタリー・ホラー長編！ ※映画「残穢【ざんえ】―住んではいけない部屋―」（2016年1月公開）原作。

Danger awaits best friends on the island of Malta, where one will be accused of murder and the other of being a spy on the run. A missing journalist cannot tell the world he is still alive by becoming a mystery writer's alibi. When Hiromi came back to Paris to settle an old score, she had no idea her target might be hiding on the island of Malta. But, now, she has a chance to redeem her reputation by neutralizing a rogue agent and capturing the mystery writer who hides agency secrets in his novels.

「仏の鳴沢」と呼ばれた祖父。「捜一の鬼」の異名を持つ父。その二人を継ぐ、「刑事として生まれた男」――。堂場瞬一史上人気NO.1警察小説！祖父・父を継いで新潟県警捜査一課の刑事となった鳴沢了は、晩秋の湯沢で殺された老女が、かつて宗教教団の教祖で、五十年前に殺人事件に関わったことを突き止めた。

Jonathan is attracted to the ornate mirror from the first moment he sees it in the antique shop where he works after school. But there is something wrong with the mirror, something evil - as Jonathan will discover after he accidentally gets a trace of his blood on its surface in this disturbing tale of terror.

Within the premises of the Japanese Consulate in London a perfidious assasination came to pass. In order to avoid diplomatic affairs and to quickly solve this murder the responsible intelligence officer turns to Sherlock Holmes.