The Woman with the Stolen Face

Who could have imagined that this case would turn from complicated to fantastically incredible… In January 1984, by pure chance, the body of a young woman named Tizuko Kudjo was discovered in the bathroom of her own apartment. The killer deprived her not only of life but also of her face – for an unclear purpose, he stripped the skin from it and cut out her eyes. The victim had always had a dream – to ride on the night express "Hayabusa." And she was on it… exactly at the same time when, according to the unequivocal conclusion of the forensic examination, she was being murdered! Unthinkable, but a whole series of photographs captured this fact. And no editing. But how could a woman be in two places at once: in one – dead, and in the other – alive? Young police detective Takeshi Yoshiki has a magnificent intuition and a brilliant logical mind. But it seems that this is not enough. To get closer to the solution, he will have to travel by train almost all over Japan and embark on one very risky venture…