Hideo Yokoyama Books in Order

A devastating air disaster forces reporter Kazumasa Yuuki and his newsroom into an overwhelming investigation. Seventeen years later, he revisits the intense week that changed their lives while trying to fulfill a promise made during the crisis.

Police press officer Yoshinobu Mikami revisits an unsolved kidnapping that ended in a child’s death. While coping with his own daughter’s disappearance, he discovers an irregularity that exposes dangerous secrets within the investigation and his department.

Four novellas follow Japanese police officers facing missing colleagues, damaging rumors, unfinished investigations, and political threats. Set in 1998, the stories reveal how duty, ambition, and the need to preserve reputations complicate the pursuit of truth.

Architect Minoru Aose discovers that the celebrated house he designed stands empty except for a chair. Troubled by this apparent rejection of his greatest work, he searches for an explanation that reaches into his own past.