Abstract

Fourteen years ago, a maternity hospital was set on fire and several people were murdered. Now three male relatives of the victim have gone missing. When the family consults with Riho Morigaki of the violent crimes division, she arrests Jun Minatogawa, a suspicious man who had hired the men to do the crime. Upon checking his identity, it is discovered that Minatogawa is the son of the perpetrator of the maternity hospital arson. Is this a crime of revenge? Before the police can grasp Minatogawa's motives, a new fire breaks out. A serious case faced by the detectives who played a key role in Tsujido's award winning title "Torikago - The Birdcage." What is the truth behind this heartbreaking incident?

Author’s Information

Yume Tsujido, born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1992, graduated from the University of Tokyo. In 2014, her manuscript The Door of Dreams Lies Within the Spring received the Excellence Award at the 13th “This Mystery is Amazing!” Grand Prize, and she made her debut the following year with the retitled novel To the Vanished Me.

In 2021, her novel Passing Through Ten Rings was shortlisted for the 42nd Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers. In 2022, she won the 24th Oyabu Haruhiko Award for Torikago.

Her other works include The Exchange Diary of That Day, The Answer Is on the Third Floor of City Hall: 2020 Counseling Room, Sakura Blooms, Sakura Falls, The Mountain Edge Glows Slightly, My Second Self Walks at Night, and Double Mother. Tsujido is known for her emotionally resonant storytelling and intricately crafted mysteries that explore the depths of human relationships.