真夜中法律事務所

A prosecutor sees ghosts and is introduced to a mysterious law firm that opens at night ran by a lawyer who tries to bring justice to these lingering souls. The idea is that people who have been killed cannot find peace in the afterworld as long as their killer has not been prosecuted.
This adds a new layer to the case, because seeing a victim linger in our world when their case is solved, means it’s probably a wrongful conviction. I liked both the plot and the way supernatural elements were integrated into it.
At the same time, I don’t know what’s happening with Japanese novels, but since the beginning of the year, I’ve had a hard time feeling involved in the novels I’ve read in Japanese. I think the problem comes from me rather than the book, but I found that it lacked something to make it an exciting read. There’s no real investigation, and I felt disconnected from the case and the characters involved, it felt like someone was telling me the story, instead of me living the story through the novel?
Given the plot and the topics (I love legal thrillers, crime investigations and wrongful convictions is one of my favourite topics too), I should have loved this novel, but I didn’t… So I think it’s time for me to take a break in mystery novels in Japanese and try other genres.