The Room of Truth

Winner of the 74th Japanese Association of Mystery Writers’ Award.

Finalist of the 2023 Japan Bookstore Awards.

The most popular Japanese mystery novel of 2023.

Recommended for fans of “Black Mirror” and “The Twilight Zone.”

A film adaptation is planned based on the book, featuring j-pop stars.

Spending a long time on the internet can lead to him starting to watch you.

A young teacher who found a job through the internet visits a house where a mysterious mother and son live, and soon encounters a chain of oddities, not realizing where it will lead.

A man arranges a date through an app with a girl who looks like his daughter-student—and they both have no idea about the other’s true intentions.

Three former classmates who moved to different cities after finishing university decide to meet online and throw a party with alcohol. But everything changes when a woman appears in one of their houses—someone she shouldn’t be there.

Teenagers live on a remote island without access to smartphones or the internet. However, when one of them finds an old iPhone, it leads to unexpected events.

Shin’ichirō Yuki, born in 1991 in Kanagawa and a graduate of the law faculty of the University of Tokyo, received the Shincho Mystery Award for his debut novel in 2018. His work “The Room of Truth” won the 74th Japanese Association of Mystery Writers’ Award and was nominated for the 2023 Japan Bookstore Awards.