Within Tokyo's K Apartments for Ladies resides over one hundred unmarried women, their lives intertwined with secrets spanning decades. When news arrives that the building is to be relocated, it threatens to expose a long-buried truth: the clandestine interment of a child's body in the basement bath-house, a discovery potentially linked to the unsolved 1951 kidnapping of four-year-old George Kraft. As tenants brace for revelation, the sudden disappearance and re-appearance of the master key intensifies the atmosphere, leaving no one feeling truly safe.

Why You Should Read?

• Experience a meticulously crafted mystery brimming with intrigue, double identities, and an ingenious plot.
• Immerse yourself in a unique setting – a women-only apartment building holding dark secrets.
• Discover a foundational work from Masako Togawa, one of Japan's most acclaimed crime writers.
• Unravel a complex web of suspense that keeps you guessing until the very end.