Furueru Tembin (Kadokawa Bunko)

[Machine Translation] A light truck driven by an elderly man plowed into a convenience store, running over and killing a clerk. The assailant, an elderly man who allegedly misplaced his foot on the gas pedal and brake, is suspected of having dementia. Ritsu Shundo, a writer covering the accident, visits the village of Nohgaya, where the assailant lived and where strange customs are still practiced... This village is strange. Everyone is hiding something. After investigating the people involved and the village's past, Ritsu arrives at the shocking truth... A true social mystery by a Yokomizo Award-winning author.

高齢男性の運転する軽トラックがコンビニに突っ込み、店員を轢き殺す大事故が発生。アクセルとブレーキを踏み違えたという加害者の老人は認知症を疑われている。事故を取材するライターの俊藤律は、加害者が住んでいた奇妙な風習の残る村・埜ヶ谷村を訪ねるが...。「この村はおかしい。皆で何かを隠している」。関係者や村の過去を探る取材の末に、律は衝撃の真相に辿り着く―。横溝賞出身作家が放つ迫真の社会派ミステリ。