Natsu to Hanabi to Wawatashi no Shitai (Shueisha bunko)

[Machine Translation] On a summer vacation at the age of nine, a girl was murdered. A murder so innocent, so quick, so easy. Thus began the nightmarish four-day adventure of a young brother and sister over a single dead body. One crisis after another. Can they escape the adults' pursuit? Where should they hide the body? The debut novel by Otsuichi, a precocious talent who has astonished the horror world by depicting terrifying children and using an innovative storytelling style, is now available in paperback. Winner of the 6th JUMP Novel and Nonfiction Grand Prize.

九歳の夏休み、少女は殺された。あまりに無邪気な殺人者によって、あっけなく―。こうして、ひとつの死体をめぐる、幼い兄妹の悪夢のような四日間の冒険が始まった。次々に訪れる危機。彼らは大人たちの追及から逃れることができるのか? 死体をどこへ隠せばいいのか? 恐るべき子供たちを描き、斬新な語り口でホラー界を驚愕させた、早熟な才能・乙一のデビュー作、文庫化なる。第六回ジャンプ小説・ノンフィクション大賞受賞作。