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The Devotion of Suspect X (容疑者Xの献身, Yōgisha Ekkusu no Kenshin) is a 2005 novel by Keigo Higashino, the first in his Detective Galileo series and is his most acclaimed work thus far. The novel won him numerous awards, including the 134th Naoki Prize, which is a highly regarded award in Japan.
- Keigo Higashino
- 2005
Sep 1, 1996 · On the crime scene, he is surprised to find his old college-cum-teaching-mate, Osamu Nonoguchi, who claims that he is the best friend of the deceased author and have found himself in the crime scene along with the author's new wife.
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Jun 25, 2024 · Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA. Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO).
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The story begins in 1973, with the death of an Osakan pawnbroker, Yosuke Kirihara, under strange circumstances. The investigation, headed by officer Junzo Sasagaki, gradually uncovers Fumiyo Nishimoto, a mother struggling to make ends meet and one of his customers, and her boyfriend Tadao Terasaki, as prime suspects. However, the Osakan police are ...
Ryoji Kirihara(桐原亮司, Kirihara Ryōji) The son of the victim killed 19 years ago, Ryoji's eyes have been dark and emotionless since the childhood incidence. He loathes getting close with other people. He started to get involved in shady businesses like housewife prostitution rings and game bootlegging when he was a student. He is a very astute man wh...
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1. Takayuki Yamada as Ryoji Kirihara(桐原亮司, Kirihara Ryōji) 1.1. Yuki Izumisawaas childhood Ryoji 2. Ayase Haruka as Yukiho Karasawa(唐沢雪穂, Karasawa Yukiho) 2.1. Mayuko Fukuda as Yukiho Nishimoto(西本雪穂, Nishimoto Yukiho), (childhood Yukiho before adoption) 3. Tetsuya Takeda as Junzo Sasagaki(笹垣潤三, Sasagaki Junzō) 4. Atsuro Watabe as Isamu Matsuura(松浦勇, Matsuura Isamu) 5. Takashi Kashiwabara as Kazunari Shinozuka(篠塚一成, Shinozuka Kazunari) 6. Mitsuru Hirata as Yosuke Kirihara(桐原洋介, Kirihara Yōsuke...
I thanked her and filed it at the back of my mind and forgot about it. Then one night in bed, I found out that the story is written by Keigo Higashino and a resounding "whoop" escaped from my lips and my wife next to me had a shock. That was it we had to see it.
Feb 13, 2011 · Adapted from a best-seller by Keigo Higashino, this feature by Yoshihiro Fukagawa (Peeping Tom, and Japanese hit Dear My Love) is itself an extremely novelistic, densely plotted, genre-hopping...
Keigo Higashino (Japanese: 東野 圭吾, Hepburn: Higashino Keigo, born February 4, 1958) is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels. He served as the 13th President of Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013.
