Any fluent Japanese speaker an avid reader of Natsuo Kirino ?
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/re...authorid=59249
http://www.kirino-natsuo.com/eng/index2.html
I just saw an ad in the NY Times for the translation of her first book Out into english. Seemed possibly an interesting writer and book.
Sounds like she is popular in Japan but that could just be hype.