Abstract

Kuro, the god of death, descended to earth as a shiny black cat. Kuro must save the soul of earthbound spirits. The spirits of an amnesiac, a husband close to his suffering wife, and a detective who died while chasing a murderer. Kuro struggles to resolve the unfulfilled memories of these spirits, but he discovers that a pharmaceutical company is behind the deaths of many of them.
This is a touching heartwarming mystery that heals and guides lost people.

Author’s Information

Mikito Chinen (1978–) was born in Okinawa Prefecture and graduated from the Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo. He is a practicing internist, and the son and grandson of physicians. Although he chose a career in medicine for the economic stability it offered, he never gave up on his youthful dream of becoming a published writer, and regularly submitted manuscripts to new writer contests, mainly in the mystery genre. He made his writerly debut in 2012 when his novel-length manuscript Tagatame no ha: Rezondētoru (The Blade for Whom? Raison d’être) won the Rose City Fukuyama New Writer Prize for Mysteries. He leaped into the limelight when his hospital thrillers Kamen byōtō (Hospital Ward: The Masked Bandit) and Jigen byōtō (Hospital Ward: Time Limit) became bestsellers. His 2013 novel Yasashii shinigami no kaikata (How to Keep a Pet Guardian of Death) subsequently became a hit as well and prompted publication of a sequel, Kuroneko no serenāde (Black Cat Serenade). His other titles include the detective story Anata no tame no yūkai (A Kidnapping for You). He has established himself as a writer of page-turners that are easy to read in spite of their highly complex plot twists and tricks.