Case Closed #35

When a golden apple arrives for Sharon’s actress friend—echoing the myth of Paris’s Judgement—tensions rise during a performance of the very play that inspired it. As the stage lights dim, a tragic death shakes the company, leaving the mystery of the apple’s message unresolved.

In "Golden Apple (4)," Jo and her mother team up to uncover a killer in a tense, high-stakes mystery that unfolds across the shadowed stages of the New York theater district. When Rachel encounters Shuichi Akai while retrieving a borrowed handkerchief, she’s quick to mistake him for the elusive slasher terrorizing the area—leaving both her and the reader wondering just how far the truth will stretch.

When Mitch vanishes without a trace, Conan and the Junior Detective League follow the clues to a secluded woods just outside Tokyo—only to stumble upon a police cordon guarding a dangerous suspect. The trail leads deeper into the trees, where every shadow holds a secret and the line between hunter and hunted blurs.

In "Missing Mitch (3)," Conan pieces together the mystery of Mitch’s disappearance and the killer’s motives, uncovering a hidden connection that ties the case to a dangerous past. As the investigation deepens, a shocking revelation about the escaped killer’s former ties to the Black Syndicate adds a new layer of tension.

In "Death Island," Tokyo detective Richard and Osaka detective Harley are pitted against each other in a reality TV challenge meant to test their skills—until the game turns deadly when a crew member is found murdered on the beach. With the line between performance and peril blurring, the two detectives must navigate a tense, isolated island where every clue could be a trap.