Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor. Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko's next door neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body but plotting the cover-up step-by-step. When the body turns up and is identified, Detective Kusanagi draws the case and...
Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort ...
From the author of the internationally bestselling, award-winning The Devotion of Suspect X comes the latest novel featuring "Detective Galileo"
In 2011, The Devotion of Suspect X was a hit with critics and readers alike. The first major English language publication from the most popular bestselling writer in Japan, it was acclaimed as "stunning," "brilliant," and "ingenious." Now physics professor Manabu Yukawa--Detective Galileo--returns in a new case of impossible murder, where instincts clash with facts and theory with reality.
Yoshitaka, who was about to...
From the author of the internationally bestselling, award-winning The Devotion of Suspect X comes the latest novel featuring "Detective Gali...
"This smart and original mystery is a true page-turner will baffle, surprise, and draw out suspicion until the final few pages. With each book, Higashino continues to elevate the modern mystery as an intense and inventive literary form." Library Journal (starred review)
"Fiendishly clever Higashino offers one twist after another Readers will marvel at the artful way the plot builds to the solution." Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning...
"This smart and original mystery is a true page-turner will baffle, surprise, and draw out suspicion until the final few pages. With each book, Hig...
From the acclaimed international bestseller Keigo Higashino (The Devotion of Suspect X) comes a sweeping novel in the tradition of Les Miserables and Crime and Punishment. This is the compelling story of a brutal crime and the two teenagers Ryo, the son of the murdered man, and Yukiho, the daughter of the main suspect whose lives remain inextricably linked over the twenty-year search for the truth behind the crime.
In Osaka in 1973, the body of a murdered man is found in an abandoned building. Investigating the crime, Detective SasagakI is unable to find the...
From the acclaimed international bestseller Keigo Higashino (The Devotion of Suspect X) comes a sweeping novel in the tradition of Les Mi...
Ein mörderischer Wettstreit um die Bodenschätze des Meeres
Die Leiche eines Mannes wird auf einem Felsen an der malerischen Küste von Harigaura entdeckt. Ein tragischer Unfall? Oder doch ein Mord? Denn seit Wochen tobt in der Stadt ein erbitterter Kampf um geplante Tiefseebohrungen vor der Küste. Ein Fall für Physikprofessor Yukawa alias "Kommissar Galileo".
Ein mörderischer Wettstreit um die Bodenschätze des Meeres
Die Leiche eines Mannes wird auf einem Felsen an der malerischen Küste von Hari...
