Abstract

Takayuki Hiiragi is a genius cosmetic surgeon.
He will respond to any request as long as it is accompanied by money, but he receives strange requests.
He receives strange requests, such as to change his wife's face to that of his ex-wife, or to make a man into a different person.
And then there is the mystery of the serial murders of beautiful plastic surgery victims...

Author’s Information

Born in 1978 in Okinawa, Japan. Lives and works in Tokyo. Graduated from The Jikei University School of Medicine and a board-certified physician of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.
In 2011, won the 4th Shimada Shoji's Bara no Machi Fukuyama Mystery Literature Newcomer Award for "Raison d'etre"; in 2012, made his debut with "Who is the Blade for" (published in 2007 as "Raison d'etre"); in 2003, "Masked Ward" won the Keibundo Grand Prize. Nominated for the Honya Taisho Award five times for his novels "Embracing Her Collapsing Brain", "Hitotsumugi no Te", "Mugen no i (1 & 2)", "Murder in the Glass Tower", and "Houkago Mystery Club 1: Goldfish Swimming Pool Incident".
His signature work, the "Takao Ameku" series, has garnered overwhelming support from a wide range of generations. He has other many books, including "How to Keep a Gentle Shinigami", "Jikan Fuu", "Real Face", "Kikai-jikake no Taiyo", "Inori no Karte", and "Tonari no Nurse Aide".
He is one of the most popular mystery writers today.