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Original Title	謎の咬傷
Author	小酒井 不木
Genre	Detective & Mystery
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	Inspector Kirihara, renowned for his insightful "special-grade interrogations," is called to a chilling scene in 1920s Tokyo. Wealthy Ginza jeweler Ohara Denzou lies dead, his throat bearing a gruesome and inexplicable bite mark. The crime scene presents a baffling puzzle: a discarded chloroform bottle, two strands of suspiciously bobbed hair, and a woman’s silk handkerchief embroidered with an unfamiliar name. As Kirihara and his team peel back the layers of Ohara’s life, they uncover a world of veiled resentments and dark pasts. Suspicion falls upon a young clerk who last saw the victim, and a craftsman still reeling from personal tragedy. Yet, every lead seems to twist into another perplexing mystery, defying conventional logic. With a killer cunningly hidden and motives deeply buried, Kirihara must unravel the true nature of this perverse act before justice itself is bitten away. What shocking secret does the bite wound truly conceal?