No one wanted it to ever end. The department store receptionist kidnapping and murder case that suddenly happened close to home 25 years ago became national news. Shogakukan will publish Fire Dome, a new full-length novel by author Mizuki Tsujimura commemorating the 22nd anniversary of her debut, in two volumes on June 5, 2026. Seven years in the making and totaling 1,500 manuscript pages, it is a major work and a contemporary mystery novel into which the author has poured all her energy. With three weeks left until release, comments have arrived from more than 400 booksellers nationwide who read the book in advance. These comments are being published today on the special website. The comments from booksellers across Japan convey the intensity of the reading experience: the excitement of reading it in one sitting, the pain that strikes the heart, and the lingering resonance that remains even after finishing the book. The published comments are available on two pages: a spoiler-free page that sparks anticipation without diminishing the pleasure of reading, and a spoiler page where readers’ post-reading excitement resonates together. Readers looking forward to the release can browse without touching the core of the story. Fire Dome special website: https://www.shogakuka .co.jp/p /fi e_dome The novel is based on a work serialized 25 times in the literary magazine STORY BOX from the June 2019 issue to the August 2023 issue, and was completed after extensive additions and a full-scale rewrite. Even readers who followed the original serialization will be offered an entirely new reading experience. Preorders are available at bookstores and online bookstores nationwide. Please look forward to the release of this long-awaited latest work, arriving three years after Tsujimura’s previous novel, Kono Natsu no Hoshi o Miru. The special website is being updated continuously. Ahead of publication, it features extensive content including five keywords for reading Fire Dome, charact