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Yurika operates alone in Tokyo’s underworld, posing as a prostitute to lure high‑profile men. She drugs them, captures incriminating photographs, and sells them for blackmail while keeping her true identity hidden. Despite her independence, a danger from her past threatens her, as whispers of a notorious crime lord named Kizaki loom. With her secrets now exposed, Yurika must navigate a deadly game of cat and mouse to survive.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Crime Fiction/Organized Crime
Authors: 中村文則
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