Abstract

The courage of two animals will surely make you stronger!
An unpredictable spectacle that surpasses "How to Keep a Pet Guardian of Death" and "The Serenade of Black Cat"!
Kuro, a black cat, meets a cook who is about to commit suicide. He is trapped in despair after his fiancée rejects him and loses her. Meanwhile, Leo, a golden retriever, is also trying to resolve his new "unfinished business. What in the world is going on in a town where rumors of "human spirits" are flying around, and suspicious fires continue to break out? When all the mysteries come together, the two animals find themselves in the greatest danger of the series.
Leo and Kuro have descended to earth in the form of animals under the order of "My Lord."
Their true nature is that they are high spiritual beings, so-called "Guardian of Death" or "Angels."
This is the third installment in the heart-stirring mystery series about neighbors close to "life and death"!

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.