Miyuki Miyabe’s bestselling mystery opens with a gruesome discovery in a Tokyo park, followed by an anonymous call to a TV station. As the police investigation gets underway, surprising turns of events suggest they may be up against a band of serial killers who ruthlessly manipulate their victims and their families, the police, and the media for the entertainment of the viewing public. With penetrating psychological insights into the minds of her characters and vivid portrayals of modern-day Tokyo, Miyabe maintains the tension in this fast-paced, five-volume blockbuster. Available in e-book format in five separate volumes, to be released from December 2014 through February 2016.

鞠子の遺体が発見されたのは、「犯人」がHBSテレビに通報したからだった。自らの犯行を誇るような異常な手口に、日本国中は騒然とする。墨東署では合同特捜本部を設置し、前科者リストを洗っていた。一方、ルポライターの前畑滋子は、右腕の第一発見者であり、家族を惨殺された過去を負う高校生・塚田真一を追い掛けはじめた――。事件は周囲の者たちを巻込みながら暗転していく。（『模倣犯 3』は2019年10月25日配信予定）

Volume 3 of Miyuki Miyabe’s best-selling murder mystery sees Hiromi and Peace respond to the criticism that they only go after defenseless women by targeting a man as their next victim, while plotting to frame Kaz as their fall guy. But even master manipulator Peace couldn’t predict how things would turn out... Available in e-book format in five separate volumes, to be released through spring 2016.

In volume 4 of Miyuki Miyabe’s blockbuster mystery, the police investigation into the serial killings focuses on identifying the women depicted in a stash of horrific photos and videos found in Hiromi Kurihashi’s Tokyo apartment, and locating the killers’ hideout. Meanwhile, Shigeko Maehata’s journalistic career takes off with her in-depth reports on the serial killings. A stroke of good fortune brings her into contact with Yumiko Takai as well as Koichi Amikawa, also known as Peace, who has taken Yumiko under his wing and is supporting her claims that her brother was innocent.

In this fifth and final volume of Miyuki Miyabe’s monumental work, Koichi Amikawa’s book Killer At Large championing Kazuaki Takai’s innocence becomes an instant bestseller, and as his celebrity burgeons Amikawa’s control over Takai’s sister Yumiko tightens. Humiliated professionally and with her marriage in tatters, Shigeko Maehata begins investigating Amikawa’s background and the truth begins to dawn on her, leading her to his lodge. A final dramatic showdown brings the series to a thrilling close.