[DeepL Translation - needs review] The title story "Hole," which features a child as the protagonist, is the author's specialty, suspensefully depicting the horrifying experience of a boy who witnesses his neighbor's suspicious behavior late at night. In "Bright Darkness," a visually impaired man who has mistaken his coat at a diner shows his unique sensitivity and plays detective. The other six stories are "Mountain Futagokoro ni", "Ghosts and Moonlight Nights", "Kidnappers", and "Rabbits, ...
This is a collection of suspenseful mystery short stories, all of which somehow manage to end up feeling strangely wholesome (despite often containing murder).
The author has won the Edogawa Ranpo award, and has been called the Christie of Japan, even though she herself preferred hardboiled mysteries. She has been unable to walk from a young age due to illness, which may explain the sensitivity and respect she shows towards people with disabilities in her writing. In one of the stories the main