キーワード Dark Fiction

韓国と北朝鮮の軍事境界線で発生したDMZウイルスが蔓延し、アメリカと北朝鮮が壊滅的な被害を受けた。 そんな中、記憶を失った男・カーターがCIAエージェントに取り囲まれた状態で目を覚ます。 カーターは頭部に謎のデバイスを埋め込まれており、耳に仕掛けられた通信機から聞こえる女の指示に従ってその場を脱出。

連続殺人事件を起こす謎の青年を巡るサスペンス作品。第46回江戸川乱歩賞受賞作。全選考委員の満場一致で受賞が決定した作品であるが、2008年に発表された第2作目の続編『指し手の顔 脳男2』では「乱歩賞史上に残る問題作」との言葉も伺える。 『脳男』は2012年現在、売上31万部を超える。

When one accidental killing leads to another, an ordinary young man finds himself stuck in an endless cat-and-mouse chase with a shrewd detective.

Unpleasant events disturb the life of an aspiring crime fiction writer when he becomes a resident of an apartment building teeming with shady neighbors.

There is no power struggle that is more cruel and vicious as among the concubines in a royal palace. Jo So Yong is a beautiful but conniving royal concubine during the Joseon Dynasty who will stop at nothing to win the love and power of King In Jo. Although she is from the lower class, she uses her unparalleled beauty and wit to gain power and control over Joseon, even if it means getting rid of Crown Prince So Hyun so her son can be king. When Lady Jo finally gets the power she wanted, it results in the bloodiest battle.

Eun Sangcheol and his four children encounter difficulties after the sudden death of his wife. Then, a suspicious housekeeper named Park Boknyeo appears. Because of the housekeeper, Sangcheol and his children faces various cases and family members who hate each other begin to experience love and reconciliation.

Based loosely on the story of a discredited Dongguk University professor who falsified her educational background, Miss Ripley is the story of orphan Jang Mi Ri who, like the Talented Mr. Ripley, lives her life from one lie to the next. At a job interview, she starts down her dark path in earnest, when she tells a simple lie about her education. From there, the tale of Miss Ripley weaves into the lives of two very important rivals: Jang Myung Hoon and Yutaka, both of whom are in the hotel industry and fall in love with the deceitful protagonist. To complicate things, Mi Ri's childhood acquaintance, Hee Joo, can see through all the lies.

Pupha and Kram love each other but later Pupha is murdered. However, something happens and Kram is pulled to a parallel world where, 3 years ago, Kram and Tai were in love. However, Kram was killed by Tai's dad. One day, Tai finds someone in the water and pulls him out. The face of that person stuns Tai because he looks exactly the same as his lover from 3 years ago. So, what will happen next?