Synopsis

They ascended to the fourth floor at the request of three figures standing before the room: Maiko, Saki’s friend; Yoshie, the building manager; and Matsuda, the deliveryman. Inside, they discovered the bodies of Maehara and his wife, Saki. The day trader Maehara had recently amassed a considerable fortune, and the apartment was ransacked. Inspector Megure, piecing together the scene and the testimonies, concluded that Saki had staged a robbery, murdered Maehara, and then, in a desperate attempt