'Yukito Ayatsuji' is the original creator of Another. He is a famous writer of mystery and Japanese detective fiction. He is also one of the writers that demands restoration of the classic rules of detective fiction and the use of more self reflective elements. He is married to Fuyumi Ono, author of The Twelve Kingdoms and creator of Ghost Hunt, Juuni Kokuki, and the author for a few other manga.
Hiiro no Sasayaki, "The Crimson Whispers", also called "The Witch Hunt Game" in the Chinese translation, has to be one of Mr. Ayatsuji's finest mysterious novels. If you happened to like Dario Argento's horror movies you will enjoy this story even more: for not only Mr. Ayatsuji quoted Argento's classic Suspiria in this book, the setting of the strange, haunted private school also looks almost exactly like the ballet school from the movie as well.
I finished re-reading "The Crimson Whispers" today. It is an outstanding murder mystery that takes place in an all-girls high ended private school. Rather predictably, we have a New Girl In a New School, we also have a Queen Bee, and we also have a bunch of girls under the Queen Bee's wings. Still, I like how the dramas play out in the story; I like how suppressed memories, nightmares, the school life within a suppressing private school and the elements of the witch hunting among girls is described by the author. The ending is satisfying enough, also. 4 stars.
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Too much blood. I've read a similar book, 零 ~ゼロ~ 女の子だけがかかる呪い the story also revolved around a girl called Aya. So, I can't make myself to like this story.