[DeepL Translation - needs review] Shunsuke Honma, a detective on leave, is asked by a distant relative to search for his fiancée, Sekine Akiko. Why did Akiko go to such lengths to erase her existence? Who in the world is she? The key to solving the mystery is hidden in the horrific life of a bankrupt person who is a victim of the credit card society. A masterpiece in the history of mysteries that won the Shugoro Yamamoto Award.
(Translator: DeepL)
Content warnings: animal cruelty, not graphic; murder; suicide.
Basic plot: A detective is approached by his deceased wife’s cousin’s son (yes, really) about his fiancee who went missing after he confronted her about something in her past. In searching for the runaway woman the detective discovers quite a bit more than the tidbit of past that caused her to flee.
The story took quite a long time to become interesting, at least for me. It was around the 90 page mark where I finally had my intere