Prefecture D

By Hideo Yokoyama, Jonathan Lloyd-Davies (translator),

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A collection of four novellas: each taking place in 1998, each set in the world of Six Four, and each centring around a mystery and the unfortunate officer tasked with solving it.

SEASON OF SHADOWS
"The force could lose face . . . I want you to fix this." Personnel's…

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Felice Picano

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I was completely immersed in Yokoyama’s huge and dense police novel Six Four and his detective mystery Seventeen, so why not try Prefecture D?

In this four-part book, brilliant detectives are not only minor characters, they’re not remotely the focus. Instead, we get bureaucrats in middle-high positions in the unnamed Police Department’s administration as protagonists. They are not only individuals in ambition, age, and character, they’re also each trying doggedly to solve problems others – including the detectives – not only don’t see, but interfere with constantly, making an even bigger mess of things.

I loved how the author…

From Felice's 3 favorite reads in 2023.