"Confession" Author: Minato Kanae Publisher: Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House

"Confession" is a long mystery novel that explores the issue of juvenile delinquency. It mainly revolves around the unreasonableness of the law on the protection of minors, and through the interrogation of the causes of two juvenile delinquencies, it questions the shortcomings of current Japanese education, the unhealthy social environment factors for the growth of teenagers, and so on.

As a single mother, a middle school teacher raised her daughter alone, but her four-year-old daughter accidentally drowned in the school swimming pool. She did not choose to call the police. After a private investigation, she found that her daughter was killed by two students in her class. Why did the students kill? How did the female teacher carry out her revenge plan? Can everyone get the punishment they deserve?

The novel unfolds from different perspectives, such as the avenger, the murderer, and the murderer's family, to reveal the truth of the incident layer by layer. In this shocking campus crime, who is the culprit, the teacher, the parent, or the student? Is fighting violence with violence a maintenance of good or a promotion of evil?

Whether from the perspective of social significance or descriptive techniques, it can be regarded as a masterpiece of suspenseful mystery novels. In particular, the narrative structure of "Confessions" is very unique, and the process of uncovering the truth of the case is like peeling off silk threads and cocoons, which is thrilling and makes people unable to stop.

This work has been a bestseller in China for ten years, and has sold nearly 3.58 million copies in Japan, winning the first place in "Weekly Bunshun [MYSTERY BEST 10]" and the 6th Honya Award (Bookstore Award). In addition, it was ranked in the top ten best mystery novels of the Wall Street Journal in 2014 and was selected for the Alex Award of the American Library Association in 2015.