Seika, Shi Ka Ue / Original Title: LIFE or DEATH (Haya Kawa Mystery Bunko HM 461-1)

[Machine Translation] Audie Palmer was serving a 10-year sentence as an accomplice in a cash truck attack that left four people dead. He is believed to know the whereabouts of the stolen $7 million, and no matter how many threats he receives in prison, he never reveals the whereabouts of the money. On the eve of the expiration of his sentence, Odie suddenly escapes from prison. The next day, he would have his freedom and his money. Winner of the Gold Dagger Award from the British Society of Mystery Writers and a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel.

死者四名を出した現金輸送車襲撃事件の共犯として、十年の刑に服していたオーディ・パーマー。奪われた七百万ドルの行方を知るとされる彼は、獄中でどれほど脅されても金の在処を吐くことはなかった。そして刑期満了の前夜、オーディは突如脱獄を果たす。翌日には自由と金が手に入ったはずなのに、いったいなぜ?英国推理作家協会賞ゴールド・ダガー賞受賞、エドガー賞最優秀長篇賞最終候補になったノンストップ群像劇。