Normal People meets 10 Things That Never Happened and Book Lovers in this Achillean romantic literary mystery set in Tokyo.

Editor. Author. Neighbor. Enemy.

Kamada Eizo's breezy charm is a front.

Miyamoto Ran's grim control is defense.

When a high-stakes deadline anchoring their secret ambitions encroaches, a heated tit-for-tat between two opposites melts into a fragile truce.

Hardly magical, and yet this reluctant connection might just be the missing piece they need to win back the stories they once lost – if they can confront the unsettling truth that one of them may not be who he claims to be.

Perfect for readers craving a book that combines the intimate dynamics of love and social class found in Sally Rooney's work, the humor of Alexis Hall's romcoms, and a mystery structured like an Agatha Christie whodunit (no dead bodies here, only wounded hearts).

Expect dual third-person perspective, layered narratives, and banter teeming with romantic tension and psychological intrigue. This is Book 1 of a duet which ends in a happily ever after.