(Paperback)

A severed hand is found in a van in the outskirts of Tokyo. Kenichi Takaoka, a contractor, goes missing, leaving his garage covered in blood. Lt. Reiko Himekawa is on the case...

(Paperback)

When a gruesomely slaughtered body wrapped in plastic is discovered, Reiko Himekawa soon uncovers eleven other murders with a similar 'signature' and a reference to something called 'strawberry night,' a group that recruits victims and murderers on the internet. To solve the case, Reiko is forced to reach back into her own troubled past.