Copyright status
257 pp.
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Rights sold: Japan, Korea, Vietnam
Publisher: New Star Press
ISBN 978-7-5133-2223-2
¥ 32.00
Genre: Mystery / Speculative
Murder Legend has it that if one commits a sin during their lifetime, even if it remains hidden from the world, they will be sent to the hell of sinful mirrors after death. In this place, the sinful soul will reveal itself and pay the price for its crimes by being burned by the fires of Hell for eight hundred and sixty-four billion years. Mirror Island is an isolated asylum for criminals. One day, a woman with amnesia wakes up from a dream to find herself trapped on this island, surrounded by hundreds of mentally ill criminals. As she interacts with them, she realizes that her origins are not as simple as she thought. Who is she really? How will she escape this island of lies? Meanwhile, mathematician Chen Jue receives an invitation from Detective Tang Wei to investigate a murder that took place in a locked room on Mirror Island. The former director of the mental hospital died in a solitary confinement, but the killer is nowhere to be found. As the investigation progresses, bizarre events begin to occur. Chen Jue accidentally discovers that the island is hiding a shocking secret… A genius mathematician detective to rival Detective Gallileo. An original and logical puzzle involving a woman with amnesia. A mysterious murder weapon in the void of an island full of criminals. Recommended by Japan’s leading magazine Honge’s World of Deductive Reasoning as the latest work of Ellery Queen’s logic. 29








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