Amber Summer

«Amber Summer» is a tense social thriller by Japanese author Mizuki Tsudzimura, creator of the bestseller «A Lonely Castle in the Mirrorworld», winner of the Japan Booksellers’ Award.

At a summer camp, a terrifying discovery is made: on the grounds of what was once the well-known organization «School of the Future», the police uncover the remains of a child. According to experts, the child died and was secretly buried about thirty years ago. An elderly couple comes to lawyer Noriko Kondo with a request to determine whether the found body belongs to their granddaughter—the daughter of a woman who, years ago, disregarding her family, ran away from home and settled in the «School».

But there is something no one knows: thirty years ago, Noriko herself was at that camp. Which means she may have known the deceased… or the one who committed the crime. Trying to understand what happened that summer, Noriko begins an investigation—and soon realizes that reality is far more horrifying than any speculation.