The Haunted Tower, Volume 2

The mysteries surrounding the Haunted Tower deepen when a discovery seems to implicate the woman Marube Dōkurō loves. Determined to protect Hideko, he follows a dangerous visitor to an isolated house whose inhabitants trade in secrets and whose rooms offer little hope of escape.

A prison uniform, a concealed card, and the promise of a new life point toward Paris. But before the narrator can understand what these clues mean, another accusation threatens Hideko, and the detective’s investigation gives him only days to find an answer. His faith in her innocence grows more urgent even as he realizes how little he knows about her past.

This English translation covers the entire supplied second volume, beginning within Chapter 36 and ending within Chapter 75. Notes explain traditional Japanese units, uncertain phonetic names, source irregularities, and the narrator’s period assumptions. AI-assisted translation.