Social Mystery

75 books

Someone from Back Then cover
Rating 3.2
Someone from Back Then Keigo Higashino Yilin Press · 2017 Someone from Back Then is a collection of novellas and short stories by Keigo Higashino. The original Japanese title is Ano Koro no Dareka (also trans…
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Rating 3.5
The White Bird and the Bat Keigo Higashino Nanhai Publication Company · 2023 Tokyo, 2017. Respected lawyer Kensuke Shiraishi is found stabbed in the abdomen, dead in his car. Police quickly identify the killer: Tatsuro Kuramagi…
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The Beijing Godfather Wang Shan CHINA CITY PRESS · 2012 In 1967, after his father commits suicide amid internal factional struggle and his mother is placed under supervision, seventeen-year-old Chen Cheng s…
Death Bill (Ikigami), Vol. 2: The Night Before Deployment cover
Death Bill (Ikigami), Vol. 2: The Night Before Deployment Mase Motoo Sharp Point Press · 2007 This is a fictional country whose language and culture resemble Japan's. To "help citizens rediscover the value of life," the state enforces the Natio…
Collected Works of Zijin Chen (15 Volumes) cover
Collected Works of Zijin Chen (15 Volumes) 紫金陈 · 2022 Zi Jinchen is one of China's most influential authors of socially engaged mystery and detective fiction. A graduate of Zhejiang University in hydrauli…
Love Is My Only Sin: The Classic Works of Social Mystery Novelist Zhang Wei (6-Volume Set) cover
Love Is My Only Sin: The Classic Works of Social Mystery Novelist Zhang Wei (6-Volume Set) 张未 天津博集新媒科技有限公司 · 2022 This is a collection of mystery novels by author Zhang Wei (formerly writing under the pen name Badou), released as an e-book set by Tianjin Boji Xinm…
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Rating 3.3
The Hive of the Sky Keigo Higashino Nanhai Publication Company · 2015 On the eve of its test flight, the large military helicopter "Big B," developed by Nishikige Heavy Industries, is hijacked remotely and hovers unmanne…
The Pursuit cover
Rating 4.1
The Pursuit Nishimura Toshiko Beijing Daily Press · 2024 The Pursuit, originally titled Kimi yo Ikari no Kawa o Watare (Cross the River of Wrath), is a novel by the Japanese writer Juko Nishimura, published …
The Sinner cover
Rating 3.6
The Sinner Huang Qingjiao Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2017 The Sinner is a full-length crime mystery novel by screenwriter and author Huang Qingjiao, published by Tianjin People's Publishing House in January 2…
The Long Night cover
Rating 4.3
The Long Night 紫金陈 Yunnan People's Publishing House · 2017 One of Zi Jinchen's most accomplished works. It wears the cloak of mystery, but at its core is a socially conscious inquiry: when the chain of evidenc…
The House of the Sleeping Mermaid cover
Rating 3.6
The House of the Sleeping Mermaid Keigo Higashino Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2017 The House of the Sleeping Mermaid is a novel written by Keigo Higashino to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of his debut, originally titled Ningy…
Malicious Composition: The Detective's Client cover
Rating 3.4
Malicious Composition: The Detective's Client Miki Akiko Taihai Publishing House · 2024 Ryōichi Minegishi, who married into the Minegishi family, is suspected of setting a fire that killed his father-in-law, Iwao Minegishi, over a propert…
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Rating 3.2
Snowstorm Chase Keigo Higashino Modern Press · 2017 Snowstorm Chase (Japanese title: Snow Smoke Chase) is a full-length mystery novel by Keigo Higashino set against a ski resort backdrop, part of what i…
The Widows of Thursday cover
Rating 3.6
The Widows of Thursday 克劳迪娅·皮涅伊罗 People's Literature Publishing House · 2025 The novel is set in La Cascada Heights, an exclusive gated community on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. It has a golf course, tennis courts, swimming p…
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Rating 2.9
Sacrificial Vote Chapters 51-55 KASAI Tatsuya / Edogawa Kodansha · 2015 Sacrificial Vote is a school psychological horror manga written by Ryusuke Kasai and illustrated by Edogawa Edogawa, serialized in Kodansha's e Young …
The Nanjing University Murder: Chasing the Killer cover
The Nanjing University Murder: Chasing the Killer Chen Yong New Star Press · 2024 Young police officer Shen Nianqing is seconded to the criminal investigation unit of the Gudu City Public Security Bureau to help solve a long-unsolve…
The Life of Matsuko Kawajiri, the Scorned (2021 Edition) cover
Rating 4.3
The Life of Matsuko Kawajiri, the Scorned (2021 Edition) 山田宗树 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021 This book is the literary source of the film of the same name, and the novel's scope far exceeds the images on screen: every stage of Matsuko's journe…
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Rating 4.0
The Wavering Blade Keigo Higashino Nanhai Publication Company · 2011 Nagamine Shigeki and his only daughter, Emi, live together, just the two of them. One summer night, fifteen-year-old Emi goes out in a summer kimono t…
Death Notice Volume 8: Crime and Punishment cover
Death Notice Volume 8: Crime and Punishment Mase Motoo Sharp Point Press · 2020 Death Notice is a representative work of the Japanese manga artist Mase Motoro, serialized in Shogakukan since 2005; the traditional Chinese edition, …
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Rating 3.4
Tokyo Girls' Meeting Yuzuki Asako China Friendship Publishing Company · 2018 Tokyo Girls' Meeting is a novel by the Japanese author Asako Yuzuki, originally published in Japanese as Nairu Pāchi no Joshi-kai (Nile Perch Girls' M…