Abstract

Sayoko, an ordinary housewife living in a provincial city, was driving her pink compact car Lapin when she met Shion, a hostess, who ran out into the street. Sayoko forced to accept a bag from Shion which contained 30 million yen in cash.
Shion, who had been spending a lot of money on a guy, Shun, who worked at a club, suggested that she and Sayoko split the money fifty-fifty and run away with it.
Sayoko thought that with this money, her parents' bankruptcy could be avoided. However, the money was the ransom for a kidnapping. What should I do?
Sayoko drives around the city at night in her pink compact car Lapin. This is a satisfying hard-boiled fiction!

Author’s Information

Born in Ehime Prefecture in 1957. Debuted in 2007 with "Runbini no Kodo". In 2017, he won the 70th Japan Mystery Writers Association Award (full-length and short story collection category) for ``Fool's Poison''. In 2020, he was selected as a candidate for the 23rd Haruhiko Oyabu Award for ``Bonin Jodo'' and for the 33rd Shugoro Yamamoto Award for ``Rapunzel in the Observation Tower.'' In 2021, “Black Swan Lake” will be made into a TV drama on WOWOW. His other books include ``Ripe Moon'', ``Mourning the Bones'', ``Sheep Graze in Peace'', ``Children Have Scary Dreams'', ``Distance Reached by the Moonlight'', ``Dream Story'', and ``Dragon's Tongue''. and so on. The latest work is "Ballad of Gyakuten"