She Walks at Night (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #3)

They featured motifs such as women cradling skulls, or snakes coiled around beautiful youths, to which Hachiya would assign grandiose titles like The Suffering of Life or The Mystery of Woman. After all, even without his head, Hachiya’s body is easy enough to recognize.” Naoki gave a strange, hoarse chuckle. “Wait. Whether Kindaichi chose to take up detective work—and whether he thrived or failed miserably in that endeavour—was entirely his business. The woman he had so longed for was finally offering herself to him, and he couldn’t risk disappointing her.