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- Location(s): Tokyo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
A young woman moves to Tokyo after the death of her mother, hoping to overcome her grief and start a career as a graphic artist. But she spends her time staring out of the window, only to realise that...
- Location(s): Tokyo
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Various
Thirteen short stories told by passengers stranded for the night at Tokyo airport. A tenuous link to Tokyo, but neverthless a collection of fairytales that are interesting.
- Location(s): Tokyo
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
The third and penultimate novel in the Detective Kyoichiro Kaga series by bestselling Japanese crime writer Keigo Higashino On the Nihonbashi Bridge in Tokyo stands the statue of a mythic beast – a kirin. One evening a man staggers...
- Location(s): Tokyo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Fuyuko Irie is a freelance proofreader in her thirties. Living alone, and unable to form meaningful relationships, she has little contact with anyone other than Hijiri, someone she works with. When she sees her reflection, she’s confronted with a...
- Location(s): Tokyo
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses...