Anraku Byoto (Shueisha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] An old woman who keeps sewing on a Jizo-san's hat and apron, a man who urinates in a drawer late at night, a woman who has dysphagia and keeps a 500-yen coin in her stomach, a former Kingsguard who sleeps in a careful posture, and an 84-year-old with a bent waist who thinks he is a 23-year-old bachelor. A series of sudden deaths of patients in a dementia ward where elderly people with various conditions live. What is the shocking fact that a newly appointed nurse in search of the ideal nursing care realizes? A masterpiece mystery that vividly depicts the current state of end-of-life care.

お地蔵さんの帽子と前垂れを縫い続ける老婆、深夜になると引き出しに排尿する男性、異食症で五百円硬貨が腹に入ったままの女性、気をつけの姿勢で寝る元近衛兵、自分を二十三歳の独身だと思い込む腰の曲がった八十四歳。様々な症状の老人が暮らす痴呆病棟で起きた相次ぐ患者の急死。理想の介護を模索する新任看護婦が気づいた衝撃の事実とは!?終末期医療の現状を鮮やかに描く傑作ミステリー。