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Sep 1, 2009 · Detective Kyoichiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department has just been transferred to a new precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Newly arrived, but with a great deal of experience, Kaga is promptly assigned to the team investigating the murder of a woman.
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I'm currently reading Journey Under the Midnight Sun (白夜行 ) a japanese crime novel by Keigo Higashino. It's not my first novel by Higashino, but this one felt different enough that I felt the urge to post to see if others have the same reaction.
Feb 28, 2024 · Explore our in-depth review of 'Newcomer' by Keigo Higashino, a unique murder mystery that delves into the complexities of human relationships and the detective's empathetic approach to solving crime in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district.
- Malice (2014) | 288 pages. The night before he plans to travel to Vancouver from Japan, renowned author Kunihiko Hidaka is found dead in his home. His body, brutally murdered, was found inside his office – a locked room inside a locked house.
- The Devotion of Suspect X (2011) | 298 pages. Perhaps Higashino’s most popular work, The Devotion of Suspect X, is the third installment in the Detective Galileo series and is getting a Bollywood adaptation in September 2023.
- A Death in Tokyo (2022) | 368 pages. In Nihonbashi, Tokyo, a strange statue of a kirin – a mythical beast – looks over the district from the Nihonbashi bridge.
- Salvation of a Saint (2012) | 330 pages. The fifth installment in the Detective Galileo series, this book centers around the death of Yoshitaka, a man about to leave his wife, who died from drinking arsenic-laced coffee.
Jun 21, 2021 · It’s an unconventional mystery full of red herrings, subtle reveals and a suspect list so long the book comes with a dramatis personae right upfront. It might be for you if you’re a crime reader looking for something a little on the unusual side. This is my 2nd book for #20booksofsummer 2021 edition. I bought it on Kindle on 7 February 2021.
Dec 13, 2021 · I spoke with two of Higashino’s English-language translators, Giles Murray and Alexander O. Smith, about how the world in Higashino’s crime novels reflect the real Tokyo—how it feels, how it operates, and how it’s changing.
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Dec 13, 2018 · This finely judged balancing act made 2005’s The Devotion of Suspect X a bona fide masterpiece and to my mind the single finest crime novel of the 21st century, but it is also present in...
