Journey under the midnight sun (白夜行, byakuyakō) - keigo higashino
This book is like a TV show; Twin Peaks. The story was originally serialized in 25 stories from January 1997 to January 1999 in the monthly Japanese novel magazine Subaru. Now it is packed in a book and ready to be absorbed in a single shot. The thriller takes place in Osaka, involves a multitude of characters, each more intriguing that the other. The story navigates through layers of the Japanese’s social order and systems.