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  1. Oct 9, 2015 · Journey Under the Midnight Sun is a dark, convoluted tale, marked by Higashino’s characteristic sleight of hand. The novel opens in Osaka in the early 1970s – Homicide Detective Junzo Sasagaki is taking a walk on his day off when he sees a group of police cars converge on an abandoned building.

  2. 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.

    • 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.
  3. 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.

  4. Mar 10, 2024 · Major Works of Keigo Higashino. The mystery novels he is best known for are ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ and ‘Malice’, the former being a bestseller worldwide. They are both unique murder mystery stories in that the killer’s identity is revealed very early on in the novel.

  5. Oct 30, 2018 · Here are six favourite recommendations, all available in English translation, and which give a solid foundation in Japanese crime which newer authors are building on all the time… The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

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  7. Aug 1, 1999 · Keigo Higashino, Alexander O. Smith (Translator) 4.33. 16,561 ratings2,347 reviews. When a man is found murdered in an abandoned building in Osaka in 1973, unflappable detective Sasagaki is assigned to the case.

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