Hideo Yokoyama

A collection of tense thrilllers, each centered on a mystery and the unfortunate officer tasked with solving it, set in the world of Hideo Yokoyama's bestselling Six Four. Four novellas: Each taking place in 1998. SEASON OF SHADOWS "The force could lose face . . . I want you to fix this." Personnel's Futawatari receives a horrifying memo forcing him to investigate the behavior of a legendary detective with unfinished business. CRY OF THE EARTH "It's...

"The nightmare no parent could endure. The case no detective could solve. The twist no reader could predict. For five days in January 1989, the parents of a seven-year-old Tokyo schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter's kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. They would never see their daughter again. For the fourteen years that followed, the Japanese public listened to the police's apologies. They would never forget the...

"A Japanese police inspector strangled his wife, and at her own request. He did not commit suicide in order to save his honor, but made a confession. In Japan, this is unimaginable. Therefore, the police, and the prosecutor's office, and the court are striving to close this terrible case as soon as possible and somehow save face. In the end, everything is clear - the offender confessed, there is more than enough evidence ... But two whole days have...