THE TOXIC VIRTUE OF A GREAT DETECTIVE

THE TOXIC VIRTUE OF A GREAT DETECTIVE

Rights Sales: WEL (Europa), Italian (e/o)

Publish Date:
30 Aug, 24
Languages:
  • Japanese
Publishers:
Countries:
  • Japan
Pages:
416 pages
Book Edition:
Original Title:名探偵の有害性

Description:

Once, there was an age of great detectives—solitary geniuses who stepped out of the shadows to unravel impossible mysteries through pure logic, untouched by police influence. It was a time when detectives were idols and superstars, represented by agencies, celebrated by the media, and welcomed with admiration wherever they went.

But that golden age is long gone.

Now, more than twenty years later, in the era of social media, a popular VTuber goes live with a blistering accusation: “A great detective ruined my life. I will never forgive Kaze Gokotai .”

Dragged out of retirement to clear his name, Kaze Gokotai reunites with his former assistant, Yugure Narumiya. Both in the midst of their own midlife crises, the duo set out to revisit six cases that once made them legends. What begins as a quiet reexamination into memory becomes a gripping exploration of guilt, truth, and the dangerous charisma of those we once called heroes.

Author Details:

Kazuki Sakuraba 桜庭一樹

Kazuki Sakuraba (b.1971) started her career while in college, writing scripts and game novelizations. Following a string of teen bestsellers including the GOSICK series, she moved to mainstream fiction in 2005. Her acclaimed novel, RED GIRLS, not only won her the Mystery Writers of Japan Award but was also nominated for the Naoki Prize and the Booksellers Award. Published in ten languages, it has sold over 180,000 copies.