Spiral

Spiral
Koji Suzuki

Glynne Walley

Stunning Japanese thriller with a chilling supernatural twist – the follow-up to Ring.Pathologist Ando is at a low point in his life. His small son’s death from drowning has resulted in the break-up of his marriage and he is suffering from traumatic recurrent nightmares. Work is his only escape, and his depressing world of loneliness and regret is shaken up when an old rival from medical school, Ryuji Takayama, turns up on his slab ready to be dissected.Through Ryuji’s bizarre demise Ando learns of a series of mysterious deaths that seem to have been caused by a sinister virus. From beyond the grave Ryuji appears to be leading Ando towards a suspicious videotape – could this hold the answer to the riddle of the strange deaths? Or is it merely the first clue? When Ando meets Mai, an attractive former student of Ryuji’s, his desire to solve the puzzle transcends curiosity and becomes a matter of life or death.‘Spiral’ is the stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed ‘Ring’, and can also be read as a standalone.

SPIRAL

KOJI SUZUKI

Translation

Glynne Walley

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Copyright © Koji Suzuki 2004

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2005,

First published in the USA by Vertical, Inc 2004,

Originally published in Japan as Rasen by Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 1995

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Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2015 ISBN: 9780007331581

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Contents

Cover (#ue198e067-d848-5864-9efb-7d55b4a6907f)

Title Page (#u2dc31d0f-0476-528f-89f9-9597786530e6)

Copyright (#ulink_25f75d04-b31b-5a07-9d82-dd221ac57ab1)

Prologue (#ulink_3a924831-412b-5812-84e5-bde02aec8572)

Part One: Dissecting (#ulink_dffb3930-20c3-59e5-a554-39b87b02d052)

Chapter 1 (#ulink_645bc003-c384-55c2-95d9-eb8e2404a4f6)

Chapter 2 (#ulink_1d1e6c1b-1e97-5185-9986-c92096a3aa16)

Chapter 3 (#ulink_a4f24c73-fa88-5502-8424-322489fd804e)

Chapter 4 (#ulink_d398774c-6375-5c9c-bc78-af7ae09b16de)

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Part Two: Vanishing

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Part Three: Decoding

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3