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Fuminori Nakamura's Akutagawa Prize-winner plunges us into the depths of a young man's winding, troubled psyche. An unnamed taxi driver in Tokyo has experienced a rupture in his everyday life. He cannot stop daydreaming of suicide, envisioning himself returning to the earth in what soon become terrifying blackout episodes. His live-in girlfriend, Sayuko, is in a similarly bad phase, surrendering to alcoholism to escape the memory of her miscarriage.

Dicembre 2018. La testa di un uomo a cui sono stati asportati gli occhi viene ritrovata in un sacco di plastica ai piedi di un cassonetto. Nel frattempo Nina, undici anni, viene obbligata dai genitori a tornare in psicoterapia, per superare un trauma che sei mesi prima le è quasi costato la vita e a cui tutti imputano la sua attuale insonnia. In realtà, da quando è diventata sorda, Nina è afflitta da terrificanti visioni sonore, che altro non sono che presagi di morte; le sue notti sono tormentate da incubi ambientati proprio all’interno di un pozzetto dell’acqua piovana.

Fresh from maternity leave, Detective Elma finds herself confronted with a complex case, when a man is found murdered in a holiday cottage in the depths of the Icelandic countryside - the victim of a frenzied knife attack, with a shocking message scrawled on the wall above him.

Jay Porter, the newest employee at NorthEastern Insurance in New Hampshire, is investigating an accident claim when he learns the teenager behind the wheel was arrested for minor drug possession and sentenced to a hardcore behavioral modification center. At the county courthouse, Jay meets Nicki, a young college intern, who tips him off to a possible scandal - first-time juvenile offenders being shipped to private institutions for political kickbacks.

A CHRISTMAS PARTY WITH MURDER ON THE MENU It's Christmas Eve, 1988 and Russell and Joe are among the guests at a lavish party in a celebrity mansion in the heart of Soho. Television presenter and national treasure, Nathan Bentley has a formidable reputation for legendary parties—with...