Mattingu
Native title: マッチング
Translated title: Matching
Author: Eiji, Uchida
Genre: Thriller / Mystery
Year: 2024 | Pages: 288 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88605
While Wanka is fulfilled by her work as a wedding planner, she is shy when it comes to romance, so at the urging of a colleague, she reluctantly signs up for a dating app. From that day on, her life changes completely. When she matches with Tomu and meets up, the man who shows up is a gloomy man, completely different from his profile. Terrified, Wanka seeks help from Kageyama, a programmer at the company that runs the dating app and a business partner.
At the same time, a series of tragic incidents occur in which couples who have 'married through an app' are brutally murdered. The 'true faces' of the people surrounding Wanka are revealed one after another, and the evil hand of the incidents closes in on Wanka. Who is her friend, and who is her enemy? A new type of suspense thriller that depicts the fear hidden in encounters!
Kyoto Gion Momokichian's Amakara Cho
Native title: 京都祇園もも吉庵のあまから帖８
Translated title: Amakaracho from Momokichian in Gion, Kyoto
Series: Volume 8
Author: Siganai, Sasuhiro
Genre: Family Saga / Social Novel
Year: 2024 | Pages: 320 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88609
Gion, Kyoto. At the end of Hanamikoji Street is Momokichi-an, a sweet shop.
Momokichi, the proprietress and former geisha who runs the shop, is visited by people with all sorts of troubles.
The hardships of a family who begs the taxi driver Mitsuko to 'follow the taxi in front', the reformation of a bank loan officer who learns how to 'read people' from the way they eat tea and sweets, and the quick thinking of a female secretary who changes the atmosphere of a contentious meeting...
This is a heartwarming story in which Momokichi's words gently comfort the people who gather in Gion, experiencing both joy and sorrow.
This is the 8th volume of the popular series
Sakin ha ki e ta!
Native title: 砂金は消えた！（下）
Translated title: The Gold Dust is Gone!
Series: Part 2
Author: Tuda, Mikio
Genre: Social Novel
Year: 2024 | Pages: 186 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88617
The impact that a chance encounter can have on a person's destiny is immeasurable. This suspenseful story of misfortune is born from a chain of encounters!
The protagonist, Amano, refuses to take over the family warehouse business and sets off on a backpacking trip. He ends up in Burkina Faso, Africa, one of the poorest countries in the world. In recent years, gold deposits have been discovered, creating a gold panning boom.
Amano witnesses the tragic reality of children working deep in the mine shafts in search of food. Believing it his mission to support these children, he establishes a gold dust import company in Japan. However, the gold dust import business, which is run by mysterious people, is not as easy as he thought.
Will Amano be able to successfully launch his gold dust import business and fulfill his mission? This is a suspenseful business suspense story filled with money and intrigue
Kowa i tomodati
Native title: 怖いトモダチ
Translated title: Scary Friends
Author: Okabe, Etu
Genre: Crime / Mystery
Year: 2024 | Pages: 240 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88598
The true identity of this woman emerges from the testimonies of 16 people. Is she a villain or a saint? Who is telling the truth? Who is the victim, and who is the perpetrator? Who are you? Why are you snooping around about me? The more you read, the deeper the mystery deepens. This is a mystery created with the author's whole heart
Kyou hito tei no satuzin
Native title: 兇人邸の殺人
Translated title: Murder at the Villain's House
Author: Imamura, Masahiro
Genre: Mystery
Year: 2024 | Pages: 368 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88597
A 'villain's mansion' towers over an 'abandoned theme park'. Hamura Yuzuru and Kenzaki Hiruko, who entered the bizarre mansion late at night with a group searching for research materials from the Madarame Institute, were met by a ruthless decapitation killer. After a frantic night of fleeing, Hiruko goes missing while her companions are discovered headless one after the other. The survivors, each with their own agenda, are unable to choose a way out of the maze-like mansion. The possibility of another murderer also emerges... Can Hamura find Hiruko, solve the mystery together, and survive?
Mochidzuki no karasu
Native title: 望月の烏
Translated title: Moonlit Crow
Author: Abe, Tiri
Genre: Fantasy / Romance
Year: 2024 | Pages: 352 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88587
Nagihiko has been appointed the new King of the Golden Crows, who rules Yamauchi, a world ruled by the Yatagarasu. The candidates for his wife who will be taking part in the ceremony to become queen are Hotaru of the South, Tsurugane of the North, Yamabuki of the East, and Katsura no Hana of the West. However, there is the presence of Sumio, a peerless beauty who works at the palace as a concubine.
With over 2 million copies sold and an anime adaptation scheduled for nationwide broadcast! The long-awaited latest installment in the hugely popular fantasy series 'Yatagarasu Series'.
With the backing of the absolute authority, Lord Hakuriku, Nagihiko has become the new King's King, ruling the alternate world of Yamauchi. To choose his wife, four princesses from the noble families of the north, south, east, and west take part in the 'Enthronement Ceremony' at the palace.
However, the presence of a beautiful princess working as a low-ranking official stirs up consternation
Imi ga wakaru to zoku zoku suru tyou tanpen syousetu
Native title: 意味がわかるとゾクゾクする超短編小説
Translated title: A Thrilling Short Story of 54 Characters
Series: Volume 12
Author: Uzita, Yuusuke
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2024 | Pages: 208 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88610
This 12th volume of the popular series, which has sold over 800,000 copies, features 88 stories themed around the events and seasons of the 12 months. Enjoy this dazzling world of ultra-short stories that unfolds like the turning of a calendar page
On'na to otoko, soshite koroshi-ya
Native title: 女と男、そして殺し屋
Translated title: Women, Men, and Assassins
Author: Isimoti, Senkai
Genre: Mystery
Year: 2024 | Pages: 272 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88596
Tomizawa Masaru and Konoike Tomoe are business-like, stable, and reliable part-time hitmen. Though they are unaware of each other's existence, they share a habit of being unable to help but deduce the reasoning behind their targets' strange behavior. As they delve deeper into the mysteries of the jobs they each receive, their lines of deduction, which should never have crossed paths, lead to a shocking truth. This is a unique collection of short and medium-length mystery stories in which hitmen rush to solve the mysteries of everyday life
Yamamoto noriaki tanpen syuu
Translated title: The Demotion of King Enma
Author: Yamamoto, Noriaki
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2023 | Pages: 112 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85567
Short Stories
Syounen rouzyou
Translated title: Boys in Siege
Author: Tadaken, Gentarou
Genre: Mystery
Year: 2023 | Pages: 416 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85560
A gruesome murder combined with a hostage situation at a children's cafeteria: the ultimate suspense mystery.
The brutally murdered body of a child is discovered on the riverbank in a rural hot spring town. Police increasingly suspect Toma, a 15-year-old boy who has a history of child molestation.
Toma, on the run, steals a police officer's gun and barricades himself in a children's cafeteria with his henchmen. He claims to be innocent and demands that the police catch the real killer if they don't want their hostages killed.
Tsukasa, the owner of the children's cafeteria, vows to fight to protect the boys and girls being held hostage - but is Toma truly innocent? Is there another murderer? As another body is discovered, Toma, spiraling out of control, puts his finger on the trigger - a suspense mystery with an ending no one could have predicted
