About the book

Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)  is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1994, and subsequently collected in “tankōbon” individual volumes, which has sold over 140 million copies worldwide.

The series  won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2000, and has been adaptated into video games, live action series, movies and an anime series.  A Detective Conan movie has also been released each year in Japan since 1997. 

Shogakukan Asia has selected the best stories from the collection of Detective Conan series, and complied them into individual standalone volumes to enjoy.

Summary of the book

The pint-sized detective takes on the phantom thief in a thrilling game of outwit, outplay and outbluff!

Sonoko’s wealthy Uncle Jirokichi has a long-standing grudge against the Kaito Kid. This time, he’s prepared the “Blue Wonder”gem as bait to lure him into a trap. It’s a price no thief can resist, and a challenge the phantom thief accepts!

Fortunately, Conan has a personal score to settle with the Kid as well, and is bent on exposing his tricks. The slippery thief is always one step ahead, but with Conan hot on his heels, he’ll have to toe the line!

Who will have the last laugh in this game of police vs thief? The flashy two-part special goes out with a bang!