Strange things always happen in Jo Kuroda's mystery novels. There is always a sinister rabbit called Mr Trickster; ans someone always ends up dead. A man's wife disappears and he finds her working in a brothel deep in the heart of the city. There is a universe called the Darkland that can only be entered through a hidden tunnel. There is a young girl that the man had an affair with in the dead of winter, two years ago. She would only meet him in the eerie, crumbling . Now she's disappeared too. If you meet Jo Kuroda one night don't tell him your dreams