The Serialist

Ippei Akabane Takaya Kamikawa is an unpopular novelist He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names Daigo Kurei Shinji Takeda is on death row He killed four women twelve years ago During his murdering spree he sent pictures of his decapitated victims with flower decoration to the police The murders and photos caused widespread panic in Japan One day Ippei is contacted by Daigo from prison He asks Ippei if he wants to interview him and write his memoirs Soon more women are killed in the same grisly manner as the serial murders from twelve years ago Now Ippei becomes the prime suspect of the police and Ippei must quickly find the real murderer Based on the novel The Serialist by David Gordon published by Simon amp Schuster Original edition on March 9 2010