The are Japanese mystery

Mystery fiction

Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...

 novels by Kouhei Kadono

Kouhei Kadono

is a Japanese author, best known for the Boogiepop series, which has also been adapted as a live action movie, two manga and an anime.- Biography :Born December 12, 1968, he graduated from Hosei University...

. Kadono began his career writing light novel

Light novel

A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...

s, but this series came from a mainstream publishing label, Kodansha Novels. Del Rey Manga

Del Rey Manga

was the manga-publishing imprint of Del Rey Books, a branch of Ballantine Books, which in turn is part of Random House, the publishing division of Bertelsmann. It was formed as part of a cross-publishing relationship with Japanese publisher Kodansha. Some of the Del Rey titles, such as Tsubasa...

have announced that they will be publishing the first novel in the series in English.

Novels

, June 2000, ISBN 4061821350

When a dragon is murdered, the main characters must travel the globe, trying to discover how such a thing was even possible.

, June 2001, ISBN 4061821849

During a sorcery tournament, sorcerers begin dying in unusual ways.

, December 2002, ISBN 4061822829

A princess is found encased in crystal, and the main suspect flees to an island ruled by pirates

, January 2005, ISBN 406182404X

In the aftermath of destruction, investigators ponder links between unsolved mysteries from a town's past.

, March 2009, ISBN 9784061826366
, Forthcoming ISBN TBA