Murder at the Black Cat Cafe

Murder at the Black Cat Cafe finds Kosuke Kindaichi investigating a case that involves a Buddhist monk and the corpses of a woman and a cat in a shallow grave behind the titular brothel.

Tokyo, 1947. The Pink Labyrinth is one of the bomb-scarred city's shady neighbourhoods. There, in the dead of night a patrolling policeman catches a young Buddhist monk digging in the back yard of The Black Cat Cafe, a notorious brothel. In the shallow grave at his feet lie the dead body of a woman, her face disfigured beyond recognition, and the corpse of a black cat.

Who is the murdered woman, and how was she connected to the infamous establishment? And where did the dead cat come from, given that the cafe's feline mascot seems to be alive and well? Kosuke Kindaichi investigates, but as he draws closer to the truth, he finds himself in grave danger...