"The Redemption of the Villain" Author: [Japan] Kazuaki Kono Publisher: Beijing Daily Press

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【Content Introduction】

A series of murders broke out in Tokyo: some people were tied up and thrown into boiling water in a bathtub; some were burned in the streets...

Meanwhile, the villain Yagami finally gets a chance to turn over a new leaf - he has 17 hours to reach the hospital and donate bone marrow to leukemia patients. Unexpectedly, his friend is also killed in the serial murders!

The police regarded Yagami as a key suspect, and the murderer regarded him as the next target. Yagami was determined to break through the siege within 17 hours and reach the hospital alive.

The cruel methods used to commit crimes, the secrets hidden by friends, the mysteriously missing bodies... During the tense 17 hours of escape, the truth behind the 11 serial murders gradually surfaced!

【Editor's recommendation】

◆ It’s not too late to change your way of life now, while you still have the courage to break through the siege!

◆ A new masterpiece of social reasoning by the author of "The Lost 13 Steps"

◆ Works by Kazuaki Takano, winner of the Edogawa Ranpo Award and the Mystery Writers Association of Japan Award

◆ Heart-pounding × extreme reversal: 10 thrilling scenes, 11 serial murders, and 17 hours of high-speed escape!

◆ Judicial corruption × the good intentions of the evil: The truth behind the cruel case is chilling and reveals the selfishness deep in human nature!

◆ Japanese readers praised it as surpassing "The 13 Missing Steps"!

◆ Comes with a beautiful gold-stamped bookmark

◆ Open this book, break through the siege at this moment, and completely change the way you live!

【Famous Comments】

Each of Kazuaki Takano's works has been interviewed and investigated with all his strength, and has been injected with all his imagination. His creative method also determines that the number of his works will never be large. But as shown by "The Extinction of Man" published after a decade of silence, once the work is completed, it will surely satisfy the readers and far exceed their expectations. ——Takashi Murakami, a famous Japanese book critic