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Hatano Yasuhiko, a student at the Art University, was fascinated by a portrait painted by the famous painter Ogiyo Sentaro. He was fascinated by the girl's eyes in the painting, which seemed to be staring into the abyss of death. Banano did not expect that the painting would be sent to him soon after, and he only needed to accept a task - to participate in an auction under a false identity, and no matter how high the bid was, he had to get a painting. And that painting is an identical portrait of a girl. Hatano felt the conspiracy, but couldn't help but want to touch the secrets in the painting... Seven short stories reveal the calculations of modern people hidden behind social masks, and reveal the dark areas obscured by city lights.

The source of inspiration for Keigo Higashino's "White Night Journey", Kotaro Isaka's number one idol in his writing career! A treasure in the mystery world, the supreme masterpiece of Mikihiko Renjo, the godfather of Japanese mystery literature! Won the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award and ranked among the top 10 best short stories in the history of Japanese mystery novels! The "Flower Burial" series contains all 8 chapters: platycodon stained with blood, tung coffins hiding corpses, white lotus burning hearts... In the back alleys of flower streets on rainy nights, the platycodon flowers tightly held in the hands of the deceased conceal a morbid confession; in the dark room in early autumn, the scent of tung flowers on a woman becomes a secret message conveying murderous intent; on the returning river under the moon, an infatuated woman The iris beside me declares the lover's malice... Gangsters, geishas, singers, samurai, betrayal, jealousy, paranoia, self-interest... Eight murder cases, eight fatal interpretations of "love", white petals, stained with mud, splashed with blood, a group of madmen struggling in love and hate, who can no longer distinguish between love and murder.

On the night of the rat, the director of a hospital in Setagaya, Tokyo, was called out by a phone call and reappeared as a corpse. The dean was stabbed with a sharp weapon and had two circles of wire wrapped around his neck. He died miserably. What made the police even more confused was that the deceased was wearing a medical white coat, which should have been specially put on by the murderer after his death. Why did the murderer bother to put a white coat on the body after committing the crime? Faceless Portrait: Art University student Yasuhiko Hatano was fascinated by a portrait by the famous painter Ogio Sentaro. He was fascinated by the girl's eyes that seemed to be staring into the abyss of death. Banano did not expect that the painting would be sent to him soon after, and he only needed to accept a task - to participate in an auction under a false identity, and no matter how high the bid was, he had to get a painting. And that painting is an identical portrait of a girl. Hatano felt the conspiracy, but couldn't help but want to touch the secrets in the painting...