The Final Curtain

Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga faces the last chapter of his story. Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Sendai, is found strangled in a bare Tokyo apartment rented under a false name by a man who has vanished. Her family and friends cannot explain why she went there. A homeless man was also strangled in roughly the same area. As police search her past, a detective asks Kaga for advice, and a link appears to the old case of Kaga's missing mother. The story deals with family secrets and unanswered questions.

Why You Should Read?

• Follow Detective Kaga as his story reaches a surprising conclusion full of twists.
• Discover why a woman from Sendai ended up dead in a bare Tokyo apartment far from home.
• Explore the painful questions left by Kaga's mother, who ran away from her husband and son.
• Unravel a murder case in Tokyo where an unexpected connection reaches back to a long-ago disappearance.

About the Author

Keigo Higashino was a Japanese author, born on February 4, 1958, who died on July 23, 2026. He was chiefly known for his mystery novels. He was the 13th President of Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013. He won major Japanese awards for his books, and almost twenty of them became films and television series.