Koro / Original Title: WOLF (HAYAKAWA POCKET MYSTERY BOOKS 1913)

[Machine Translation] Two men suddenly enter the house of a family living far from the village and detain the parents and their daughter in the house. Without revealing their purpose, the men slowly beat up the family, depriving them of their freedom. Is there any help for the family, who are gripped by fear and despair? But the family's dog, who has escaped, happens to find its way to Captain Caffery. At the suggestion of the walking man, Caffery begins a search for the owner, without a single clue. Will his cloud-hunting search save the family? The new queen of suspense" unleashes her latest tense and thrilling work, "The Walking Man," a thriller about the search for the family's owner.

村から離れて住む一家の邸宅にとつぜん二人の男が侵入し、両親とその娘を邸内に拘禁する。男たちはその目的を明らかにしないまま、自由を奪った家族をじわじわといたぶってゆく。恐怖と絶望に支配される一家に救いの手はないのか?だが逃げ出した一家の飼い犬が、偶然にもキャフェリー警部のもとへ行き着いた。ウォーキングマンの示唆を受けたキャフェリーは、手がかりもないまま飼い主を探しはじめる。雲をつかむような捜索は、はたして一家を救えるか?「サスペンスの新女王」が放つ、緊迫感あふれる最新作。