About the book

Ace high school detective Shinichi Kudo was ambushed by a mysterious syndicate and fed a substance that shrunk him into a kid! Taking on the pseudonym “Conan Edogawa”, he must now track them down and find a cure… all while solving other cases along the way!

Detective Conan (名探偵コナン, Meitantei Conan, Case Closed [US version]) is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series has been serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday since 1994, and the manga has sold over 140 million copies worldwide, with several volumes making the New York Times Best Sellers lists. The manga has been adapted into video games, live-action dramas, movies and a long-running anime series.

Summary of the book

Ran and Sonoko encounter a crime at the site of a romantic scene from their favorite TV drama. Which of the hopeful lovers leaving red handkerchiefs at the scene is really a murderer?

Then a small boy is the only witness to a crime, but no one can make heads or tails of his strange testimony. And Conan is distracted by his suspicions about Ran’s new friend Eisuke, who bears an eerie resemblance to one of the Men in Black!

Adapted from original manga MEITANTEI CONAN Volumes 52, 53, 54 & 55.