Death by Choice

COPYRIGHT

An imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company Limited (WPC)

Another imprint of WPC is Anthem Press (www.anthempress.com)

First published in the United Kingdom in 2013 by

THAMES RIVER PRESS

75-76 Blackfriars Road

London SE1 8HA

www.thamesriverpress.com

Original title: Jiyu shikei

Copyright © Masahiko Shimada 2003

Originally published in Japan by SHUEISHA, Tokyo

English translation copyright © Meredith McKinney 2013

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without written permission of the publisher.

The moral rights of the author have been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All the characters and events described in this novel are imaginary and any similarity with real people or events is purely coincidental.

A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 978-0-85728-247-7

Cover design by Laura Carless.

This title is also available as an eBook.

This book has been selected by the Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP), an initiative of the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan.

This ebook was produced with http://pressbooks.com.