The Truth About Fujiko the Homicidal Manic: Interview in Cell is my first ever Yukiko Mari's novel and it lives right up to the praises it has received.
The story is loosely based on an infamous true crime case of a couple imprisoning, torturing and eventually killing a group of men and women in an apartment in a suburban region (it is shocking that people were trapped and tortured for so long and yet no one seemed to notice it).
In the story, the prime suspect of the mass murder case had been released due to lack of evident whilst his girlfriend took all the blame and committed suicide in prison. After the trail was over and the prime suspect walked free, the suspect's mother (not only her son is a murder suspect, this woman is also the foster mother of Fujiko, the serial murderer from the prequel) suddenly announced she would allow medias to interview her in her apartment (in where the mass murder most likely took place). Seeing the woman's invitation as a prime opportunity to make a shocking, sensational headline, a crew of reporters rushed to the rundown town where the woman lived and tried to interview her and dug up more insider-information of this infamous mass murder case...only to find things might not be as simple as they first appeared to be...and they might very well be walking right into a trap.
It is a very dark, crazy story and I like how realistic the characters and the plots look like (although I do have problem with ), and the impassive tone the author had used does make the whole thing look even more believable. I also appreciate how the author writes her characters, their motivations and the different mindsets of both psychopaths and victims ("No one else cares about public opinion and the society more than psychopaths, habitual lairs and mentally ill people, that is why they have to lie about themselves and harm those people who dare to question their image of perfection. , etc), I also love the prime suspect's dark, twisted backstory. 4.75 stars.
Final Words: Getting into a car with a murder suspect really is a stupid move. Girls, be warned!