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20xx年、相馬凛子（そうま・りんこ）は42歳の若さで第111代総理大臣に選出された。鳥類学者の夫・日和（ひより）は、「ファースト・ジェントルマン」として妻を支えることを決意。

真犯人Xは生きている――。網川は、高井は栗橋の共犯者ではなく、むしろ巻き込まれた被害者だと主張して、「栗橋主犯・高井従犯」説に拠る滋子に反論し、一躍マスコミの寵児となった。

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。

At the very edge of its many interlocking worlds, the city of Bombay conceals a near invisible community of Parsi corpse bearers, whose job it is to carry bodies of the deceased to the Towers of Silence. They are segregated and shunned from society, often wretchedly poor, and theirs is a lot that nobody would willingly espouse. Yet that's exactly what Phiroze Elchidana, son of a revered Parsi priest, does when he falls in love with Sepideh, the daughter of an aging corpse bearer....

Twenty-five-year-old Jinni lives in Mumbai, works in a hip animation studio and is perfectly happy with her carefree and independent existence. Until her bossy grandmother shows up and announces that it is Jinni s 'duty' to drop everything and come and contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from their sleepy hometown, Bittora.

「今はまちがった時間です。あなたは今ここにいてはいけないのです」しかし綿谷ノボルによってもたらされた深い切り傷のような痛みが僕を追いたてた。

多崎つくる、鉄道の駅をつくるのが仕事。名古屋での高校時代、四人の男女の親友と完璧な調和を成す関係を結んでいたが、大学時代のある日突然、四人から絶縁を申し渡された。

2020年春、惣菜店に勤める花は、ニュース記事に黄美子の名前を見つける。60歳になった彼女は、若い女性の監禁・傷害の罪に問われていた。

東京中央銀行大阪西支店の融資課長、半沢直樹のもとにある案件が持ち込まれる。大手ＩＴ企業ジャッカルが、業績低迷中の美術系出版社・仙波工藝社を買収したいというのだ。

あたしたちで真相をつかもうよ――。二人の同級生の死。マスコミによる偏向報道。当事者の生徒たちを差し置いて、ただ事態の収束だけを目指す大人。

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ひとつの死をきっかけに膨れ上がる人々の悪意。それに抗し、真実を求める生徒たちを描いた、現代ミステリーの最高峰。

バルブシステムの開発で倒産の危機を切り抜けてから数年、佃製作所はまたしてもピンチに陥っていた。そんな時、社長・佃航平の元に、かつての部下から医療機器の開発依頼が持ち込まれる。「ガウディ」と呼ばれるその機器が完成すれば、多くの心臓病患者を救うことができるというのだが――。ロケットから人体へ。佃製作所の新たな挑戦が始まる！

S'il fallait décrire Juliette en un seul mot, "transparente" serait sans nul doute le bon. Depuis qu'elle est toute petite, Juliette a toujours fait ce que l'on attendait d'elle. Pour ne pas déplaire, pour ne pas décevoir. Mettant de côté ses rêves et celle qu'elle est vraiment. Résultat, à trente ans, elle mène une vie sans relief, ennuyeuse au possible. Une vie où choisir entre lasagnes et sushis est un événement. Pourtant, elle se sent de plus en plus à l'étroit dans cette vie, dans cette peau.

For Joanna and Ted Kramer, building a life in New York City is tough but full of joy thanks to their lovely little boy, Billy. Or so it seems, until one day Joanna walks out, unable to manage the burdens of family life and her own unfulfilled ambitions. Alone with Billy, Ted begins to navigate the challenges of single parenthood and forms a bond with his son that no one can break - except the courts.

Lalu Nathoy's father called his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his "thousand pieces of gold," yet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. Polly, as Lalu is later called, is sold to a brothel, sold again to a slave merchant bound for America, auctioned to a saloonkeeper, and offered as a prize in a poker game. This biographical novel is the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for independence and dignity in the American West.

Four women know nothing about each other and live cocooned in their individual worlds. Until one day they're forced to reckon with shocking truths they never imagined! Their desires haunt them, provoke them and make them fight to choose new paths in their lives. Will these women survive their stories of passion, betrayal and pain? Best-selling author and film writer Madhuri Banerjee brings to you a new romantic thriller that interweaves varied stories of women and their passions, to show us how all relationships ultimately crash into each other.

The whole of the harbour was touched with gold - the tops of the quiet waves, warehouse roofs, the bulging folds of sails at rest, the tips of seagull wings - giving him one sweeping glimpse of beauty just as he was leaving, a vision of things as they ought always to be just as they were not.... March, 1912. A sultry Indian summer hangs over the west coast of Australia and aboard the luxury steamship SS Koombana, three tales entwine.

Alfred Larribee is sent by his father to live with his cousin’s family in the West. Larribee proves to be lazy and shiftless…spending most of his time in town…drinking and gambling…even cheating at cards. What changes all this is the appearance of Sky Blue…a magnificent stallion that has never been ridden. Dan Gurry is the owner and hopes to find a cowboy who can ride Sky Blue…but the first one to try is seriously injured. After that no one is willing to volunteer to try again except Larribee.

Jess Penhaligon is on her way to Devon to receive an award for her botanical painting. Hosting her will be Kate, who gladly welcomes her into her home. Jess's own family fell apart several years ago, so she is grateful for Kate's friendliness - and her close unit of extended family and friends, who embrace Jess just as warmly. As this group begins reminiscing on their pasts and sharing their stories with Jess, it becomes apparent that her family history may be linked with theirs.