Novel 4

:   *This article is about a Detective Conan novel. For the drama special of the same name, which was based on this novel, please see: [Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo_Returns!_Confrontation_with_the_Black_Organization "Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization")*
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| **Novel 4** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Shinichi Kudo Returns ~Confrontation with the Black Organization~ |
| Japanese Title: | 工藤新一の復活～黒の組織との対決～ |
| Release date: | December 14, 2007[](#cite_note-1) |
| ISBN: | ISBN 4-0912-1255-7 |
| Publisher: | [Shogakukan](/wiki/Shogakukan "Shogakukan") |
| **Creators** | |
| Original work: | [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") |
| Author: | [Takahisa Taira](/wiki/Takahisa_Taira "Takahisa Taira") |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara")   [Shiho Miyano](/wiki/Shiho_Miyano "Shiho Miyano")   [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")   [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin")   [Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka") |
| Suspects: | Misuzu Kotobuki, Mimi Kotobuki, Sumika Abe, Kyomi Kawata, Daigo Miura, and Shoichi Amano |
| Case solved by: | [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") |
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
* [3 Case](#Case)
+ [3.1 Situation](#Situation)
+ [3.2 People](#People)
+ [3.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [4 Differences between the novel and the live action drama](#Differences_between_the_novel_and_the_live_action_drama)
* [5 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [6 Cover in other countries](#Cover_in_other_countries)
* [7 See also](#See_also)
* [8 References](#References)