About the book: 2024 / FROM THE RECOGNIZED MASTER OF THE GENRE IN JAPAN, AWARDED WITH THE MAIN LITERARY PRIZES "NAOKI", "NOMA" AND "GUNZO" THE NOVEL IS BASED ON A CULT IN JAPAN FILM On a warm summer evening, Kanna Hijiriyama, an attractive student who dreams of becoming a TV presenter, suddenly gets up and leaves an important interview for her at a major television channel. She goes to the store, buys a knife and... kills her father, the famous artist Naoto Hijiriyama. Stabs him in the heart in the middle of the women's restroom at the art college where he worked. A few hours later, a girl in bloody clothes is arrested on the river bank. When asked by the police why she did this, Kanna calmly replies: “Think for yourself what my motive was.” Yuki Makabe is a clinical psychologist. It was her that the Simbunka publishing house ordered a book about this high-profile case. Now Yuki has to spend several sessions with Kanna. But already at the first meeting she sees that something is clearly wrong with the girl. She calls herself a liar and asks to cure her. And the more Yuki dives into Kanna’s personal life, the more acutely she realizes that this case will become the most difficult of her career..