世界でいちばん透きとおった物語

Intriguing Mystery

This is a hard book to talk about without spoilers, so I won't say too much about the plot. The main character's father, a famous mystery author, dies, leaving behind a manuscript. The main character is tasked with finding the manuscript, starting off an intricate mystery. The book is only available in print (文庫本 format) and you have to read the book to find out why!

I enjoyed seeing the mystery unravel. The book was a bit slow in the middle, but the ending made up for it. I would definitely recommend giving it a read, even if you don't normally read mysteries, since it's a fairly character driven story imo.

From a Japanese perspective, as the book is aimed at adult readers, there is literally only furigana on names. Since the book is only available physically, this made lookups a bit of a pain for me. The author likes to use the kanji version of words like ほのか/仄か and there is some rarer vocab used in general.