Malice

Bestselling writer Kunihiko Hidaka is found dead in his home office, hours before he and his wife were to leave Japan for Vancouver. His friend Osamu Nonoguchi, a children's author, soon confesses, but Detective Kyoichiro Kaga, who once taught alongside him, cannot find a motive and refuses to close the case. The story alternates between Nonoguchi and Kaga as each tries to outwit the other, uncovering a history between the two writers.