there are those who hunt for fortune, and those hunted because of it. this novella centres on femme fatale onizuka kumako, whose guilt has already been decided by the public for a murder she may not have committed. she is vilified by a society so steeped in gender bias that

this is a disturbing epistolary revenge tale told from four perspectives: a mother and her two sons (jiwon, yuchan and yujae), and the main narrator, mira. the style is formal, precise and dispassionate, which is fitting for the varying degrees of iciness each character embodies, and the reasons for it.