[DeepL Translation - needs review] An elderly couple from Tokyo traveled from Tottori to Tsuwano. Their son committed suicide because he was in debt, and the couple, with no way to repay the money, chose this trip to die. When they visit Akiyoshido, a place of memories, they are attacked by someone and their wife is killed. At the same time, Inspector Totsukawa becomes suspicious of a series of disappearances of elderly couples in Tokyo, and embarks on his own investigation. Eventually, he d...
Not awful, but not good enough to recommend either
I was on the fence about whether to give this two or three stars. It's easy to read, I didn't dislike it when I was reading it and read through it quite quickly, and the central plot idea is good (which argue for three stars), but fails on dialogue, characterisation and prose quality. I finally came down on two stars because I don't plan to read any other books by this author.
This book is in the "travel mystery" subgenre, where the action is set in various touristy locations in Japan. I don't