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by Riku Onda, 恩田 陸

都下郊外の大型商業施設において重大死傷事故が発生した。死者69名、負傷者116名、未だ原因を特定できず――多数の被害者、目撃者が招喚されるが、ことごとく食い違う証言。防犯ビデオに写っていたのは何か？　異臭は？　ぬいぐるみを引きずりながら歩く少女の存在は？　そもそも、本当に事故なのか？　Ｑ＆Ａだけで進行する著者の真骨頂！

309 pages, Tankobon Hardcover

First published June 11, 2004

About the author

Riku Onda (Japanese name: 恩田 陸), born in 1964, is the professional name of Nanae Kumagai. She has been writing fiction since 1991 and has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel for The Aosawa Murders, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television. The Aosawa Murders was her first crime novel and the first time she was translated into English. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of 2020.