Author Profile?
Keigo Higashino Keigo Higashino is a famous Japanese writer, born on February 4, 1958 in Osaka, Japan. Graduated from Osaka Prefectural University, majoring in electrical engineering, he then worked as a production technology engineer in a company and began to write speculative fiction.In 1985, he won the 31st Edogawa Rebels Award for After School, and from then on, he became a professional writer and began to write full-time.In 1999, The Secret won the 52nd Japan Society of Speculative Writers Award, and was shortlisted for the 120th Naoki Prize; after that, Hakkaku no Yoru, The Secret, The Letter, and The Night of Illusions were shortlisted for the Naoki Prize four times; in 2006, The Devotion of Suspect X won the 134th Naoki Prize, the 6th Bengoshi Prize for Reasoned Fiction, and the No. 1 spot in the three major rankings of reasoned fiction of the year, in an unprecedented move. The early works are mostly delicate and detailed speculative reasoning, but in the later period, the writing style has become more and more sophisticated, the text is rarely carved, the narrative is concise and fierce, the plot is bizarre, the story structure is several to the point of unbelievable, and he is good at writing extremely reasonable stories from extremely irrational, and he is appalled by the depth of his skills.
(1) The White Nights?
{Synopsis}?
White Night Row is a perfect combination of hopeless but steadfastly bleak love and persistent and meticulous reasoning, and is regarded as the uncrowned king of Keigo Higashino's works by many "Tohan", and has been described as "the most desperate thought and the most mournful watch" under Higashino's pen. "In 2006, the novel was adapted into a TV series of the same name, which won four awards at the 48th Japan Drama Academy Awards, and along with the book, brought the author a wave of critical acclaim, making him one of the most popular authors in Japan, South Korea, and China and Taiwan. "I just wish I could hold hands and walk under the sun", the desperate thought that symbolizes the core of the story of "White Nights", is like a beautiful front. With the countless messy, depressing, and sad event fragments restored one by one like a documentary, the last trace of warmth is also completely discarded, and thousands of readers are sadly moved in the midst of a song of redemptive sinful love! ......?
(2) The Kidnapping Game?
{Synopsis}?
Sakuma's advertising campaign for the launch of a new car was dismissed as superficial by Mr. Katsuragi, the owner of the commissioning company. So Sakuma, who had a grudge against Mr. Katsuragi, secretly hid outside the Katsuragi mansion, but witnessed a beautiful woman climb over the wall from inside the mansion, and then he followed her in a taxi, and the kidnapping came out of the kidnapping incident.
Sakuma, who masterminded the kidnapping game, was just trying to compete with Katsuragi, while Shuri, who was willing to be a hostage, was trying to extort a ransom of 300 million dollars from his father. ...... Who is the real mastermind of this kidnapping case? Who is the real winner of the competition?
"The unexpectedness that I love the most has to happen in the last line of the story." -- Keigo Higashino?
{Recommended by famous authors}?
"The Kidnapping Game" is Keigo Higashino's brand new masterpiece in 2002, and it's quite a rare subject in his works. Although Higashino has written a lot of Benjamin's reasoning, he has never written about 'kidnapping', and even more rarely uses flashbacks - with the perpetrator as the protagonist - to spread out the plot. Once again, we see Tohno's fearless attempts." --Mitsuharu (speculative fiction writer)?
(3) The Killing Game Before Graduation (Publication name: Graduation: The Killing Game of Snow Moon Flower)?
{Synopsis}?
The friendship of even the closest classmates only ends before graduation?
The closest lover, the heart only stops at the time of passionate love?
Friendship? The love of a family member?
The most beautiful bond between people?
When did it turn into malice?
Perhaps that exact point in time, which even you yourself have not realized ......?
The seven seniors of the National T University were heading for their last fall on campus, a season busy with love, thesis and employment activities, when Shoko Makimura, one of the seven, suddenly died in a secret room, a suicide? Suicide? Murder? Kyoichiro Kaga and his six friends try to find out the truth through the diary left behind by Shoko, but in the course of the investigation, they participate in a tea party with snow and moon flowers, and there is a second victim ......?
(4) The Sleeping Forest?
{Synopsis}?
The first appearance of 21-22 years old, National University of the fourth year of the Faculty of Social Sciences in the middle of the school, the main general of the Kendo Department, has won the All Japan competitors right to win, interest is the tea ceremony and enjoy the classical ballet.?
After graduating from the university, after two years of teaching, he felt that he was not qualified to be a teacher and changed his profession to become a criminal police officer (see "Malice" for details, his father is also a police officer). He was originally in the Search Division of the Police Department, then transferred to the Nerima Police Department, and is currently working in the Hisamatsu Police Department.
He is tall and thin, with broad shoulders, well-defined features, deep eyes, and a sharp chin. Because he does not smoke, his teeth are very white, and he has a bright smile, but his eyes are sharp at the scene of the search. He is not a good talker, but he is not quiet either. He is calm and strict, but has a strong sense of leadership, but he often acts alone after becoming a detective.
Kaga's calm and manly personality has made him a favorite among Kaga fans, and as the series has grown, the story of Kyoichiro Kaga's development has become a popular anecdote for Kaga fans.
The Sleeping Forest is the second book in the Kaga series.
In the Takayanagi Ballet, a company that strives for perfection, a mysterious murder occurs when a beautiful ballerina is suspected of killing a man - was it really self-defense? Behind the gorgeous stage, a poignant sad love story is going on ......?
(5) "Unrequited Love"?
{Synopsis}?
The theme is special, revolving around the inner twists and turns of a "gender identity disordered person", how to hide or live in the society, and his/her love and friendship.
The story begins with a reunion of members of the college football team, thirteen years after graduation. The members of the team, who are bound together by the game, get together once a year. But this year's reunion has caused a major upheaval in their friendship, as the team manager, Miyuki, who has been absent from the reunion for several years, suddenly appears in front of the protagonist, Tetsuro, in his male form, and not only admits to Tetsuro that he killed someone, but also confesses that he (she?) has always had a crush on him, and that he was also a member of the team at the time. Risako ----, who was also the team manager at the time, has been secretly in love with Tetsuro and is now his wife. But along with this shocking confession, Tetsuro remembers a drunken night ten years ago when Miyuki seduced him naked and had a one-night stand ...... Tetsuro should face the changes that ten years have brought to himself and Miyuki? And is Miyuki a "man" or a "woman"?
Keigo Higashino once again delves into human nature, exploring the subtle inner workings of the men and women he writes about, the secrets and desires that go unnoticed. There are mysteries in this book, but in the end, what's more shocking and moving is that it touches on the gray areas of gender identity disorder and homosexuality, which are seldom touched by writers of genre fiction.
(6) Malice?
{Synopsis}?
What scares him is not the violence itself, but the negative energy emanating from those who hate him. He had never imagined that such malice could exist in this world!
Popular author Kunihiko Hidaka is brutally murdered in his home on the eve of his move to Canada. The scene of the murder is discovered by the author's new wife, and his former friend and fellow author, Nozomi Noguchi. Noguchi repair decided to record his friend's accident, and this record has become a key clue for the police to solve the case, after a series of cocooning, the real murderer appeared, and hidden behind the motive for the murder, chilling malice called out ......?The book is composed of two characters, Noguchi Shu and Kaga police officers, self-reported notes and records interspersed with each other, and the murder of the situation is gradually emerging appearance.
Nonoguchi is a children's author. Noguchi was a junior high school teacher who taught Chinese literature, but he quit his teaching job because his former classmate, Kunihiko Hidaka, recommended that he make a living as a writer. One day, he was killed by Hidaka Kunihiko. Hidaka Kunihiko was a popular writer. Although he made his debut ten years ago, he did not attract much attention. He became famous with his book "Deadly Fire", which depicted the life of a pyrotechnic master. The book won Hidaka a prestigious literary award and made him one of the few best-selling authors in Japan. Hidaka plans to move to Canada with his wife, and the last time Nonomuchi visits Hidaka's house, he passes someone by. The protagonist of Hidaka's book "The Forbidden Land" is a real person, and that person is the protagonist's survivor. The survivor is unhappy that the privacy of his dead relatives has been violated, and he has come to protest when he learns that Hidaka is moving to Canada.
That night, Hidaka is killed, and Nonomuchi, the first discoverer, is caught up in the events. He begins to write notes to "document" the whole thing.Another character in the book, Detective Kaga, was a colleague of Noguchi's, and he not only referred to Noguchi's notes, but also wrote his own record of the case, and with the appearance of Noguchi's and Kaga's records one after the other, the reader is as if he is being warmed up, and he is repeatedly experiencing the storyline of discovering suspicions, solving puzzles, bumping into contradictions, and coming to a clear understanding of the situation, which is true and false. In the storyline, it is true and false, fake and true, and again and again, we are cheated, and the expectation is disappointed, and then we hit ourselves in the mouth, which makes us tumble, but we can't bear to let go of the book.
(7) The Blade of Wandering?
{Synopsis}?
What is the so-called justice?
Is it the murderer that the law protects,?
Or does it protect the innocent victims and their living families?
Keigo Higashino's most powerful masterpiece of social reasoning!
Who has the right to sanction? Can you agree with his actions? Or ......?
If it were you, would you be able to forgive the murderer? Is there justice and righteousness in the law or not? Giving the murderer a chance to reform himself, then where are the rights of the victim? But on the other hand, is revenge the only solution? If everyone is dissatisfied with the law and chooses to solve the problem on their own, will the world not be in chaos? With all the crime issues, perhaps, each of us is a **** offender too? ......?
Perhaps he should have turned himself in, but the hellish images were seared into his mind scene by scene; perhaps he would have been better off seeking death, but the bloody blade of vengeance has always supported the conviction to survive!!!?
The father killed one of his daughters in order to avenge the death of his daughter, who had been ravaged by delinquents, and then fled the country. The media has made a big deal out of it with the headline "Family Revenge Murder". The public is divided into two camps: those in favor and those against, and even within the police force there are those who secretly sympathize with the father. Does the family have the right to punish the murderer? What will be the final outcome of this revenge operation involving the public, the media and the police ......?
(8) After School?
{Synopsis}?
After School, a contemporary Japanese coming-of-age novel by the famous Japanese author Keigo Higashino.?
In 1985, After School picked up the most important newcomer award in Japanese speculative fiction, the Edogawa Rebels Award, by a wide margin. It was the success of "After School" that made him determined to embark on the path of full-time writing, and after a long period of loneliness and perseverance, he came to his present glory.?
In this book, his focus on human nature and his knack for twists and turns have been revealed. The structure is delicate and fine, the puzzle design is excellent, both the laughter and sorrow of youth, and the subtlety and darkness of human nature, hitting the problems of Japanese society from multiple angles, and moreover, giving people a warning: when the beautiful, pure, and true things are destroyed, and the valued memories and dreams are destroyed, the hatred starts to sprout and spreads out wantonly ......?
(9) "Crazy Electric Shock"?
{Essay excerpt}?
In the gloomy room, three men with stony expressions sit around a table with an ashtray piled high with cigarette butts, and I don't know how many times they've emptied it.?
"Anyway," said one of the oldest-looking men, "we need to think of disguising the accident. Otherwise, if it's determined to be a homicide, there's no doubt that the Metropolitan Police Department will immediately search for it, and with that they'll officially send out the police to investigate. That would definitely make them find out what's wrong." ?
"Those guys are going to pester us about it." The one who spoke was the youngest of the three, who hadn't actually dealt with the police before, just going by impressions from the TV show. ?
"Isn't it the same?" The man who had remained silent said. He had a fair complexion, wore gold-rimmed glasses, and looked a little nervous.?
"Even if we make it look like an accident, the police will soon recognize it after a scientifically meticulous investigation. Then we might lose our lives because of this little trick. That's why this disguise is so dangerous!" ?
"What happens if we make it a suicide?" The young man suggested again. "Make it a poisoning, like gas poisoning, and then prepare a suicide note properly." ?
"That won't work." The older man immediately dismissed his proposal. ?
"Why? If it was a suicide, the police wouldn't be investigating endlessly." ?
(10) The Red Finger ?
{Essay excerpt}?
Nearing dinnertime, Takamasa suddenly said he wanted to eat the cake from earlier. It was one that Matsumiya had bought for him.?
"Is it appropriate to eat it now?" Matsumiya said as he picked up the paper bag.?
"Couldn't care less. You have to eat when you're hungry, it's best for your body." ?
"I can't help you if you get criticized by the nurse lady." Despite his words, Matsumiya was still glad to see his elderly uncle showing an appetite. ?
Matsumiya took the box out of the paper bag and opened the lid. A small piece of cake was wrapped separately. He removed the wrapper from one of the pieces and handed the cake to Takamasa's thin, bony hand.?
Takamasa adjusted the position of his pillow with his other hand as he tried to lean himself up. Matsumiya stepped forward to help him.?
The cake, which the average adult could eat in two bites, took a long time for Takumasa to get it into his mouth bit by bit. There was some difficulty swallowing, but you could tell he was enjoying the sweet flavor.?
(11) Murder by the Lake?
{Synopsis}?
Four couples who have taken their children to the lake for a promotion rally, along with a young woman who trails them, are brutally murdered late at night. Who was she? And who was the murderer? The wife said, "I killed her." -- the husband's lover died at the lake house. This happened during a rally for the promotion to secondary school exams attended by four families. Why did they try their best to cover up the truth of the murderer's crime? However, it's always hard to reveal unnatural traces before and after an event. What is the truth? The ending is moving in an unpredictable direction ...... In unraveling the mystery of the murder case, it also unravels a human sore ......?
The real clue does not lie in the scene of the murder, but is hidden in the interactions of the characters before and after, triggering an unavoidable tragedy through those outwardly glamorous but inwardly morbid social relationships. It's not a purely honky-tonk work, but it's not a big influence...?
The unexpectedness of the ending is a signature mark of Higashino's work, and the unexpectedness of this work is not quite the highlight.
(12) "Phantom Night"?
{Synopsis}?
Japanese author and Naoki Prize winner Keigo Higashino's full-length novel, which was shortlisted for the 131st Naoki Prize in 2004, is regarded as the sister story of the peak full-length masterpiece "White Nights".?
"Phantom Night" is listed by the media and readers as the pinnacle of Keigo Higashino's work, multi-linear evolution, hidden ambush, silky realism skills in this book more and more pure, with the pen as a knife, stabbing the deepest human nature's infinite evil, the desperation of people to do anything to stay alive, the book is written to the river of blood ...... As the reviewer said: "Phantom Night is an unapologetic 'book of despair'." ?
What kind of past has created her magic?
What kind of phantom, manipulates his soul? ?
After the earthquake, amidst the broken walls that look like an inferno on earth, Mizuhara Masaya takes the opportunity to kill his uncle, only to be witnessed by a mysterious woman, who promises to keep Mizuhara's secret for the rest of his life.?
They traveled to Tokyo together, but what awaited them was an infinite night of visions without a single ray of sunshine ever again: anyone who approached her met with bad luck; anyone who touched her past was nowhere to be found ......?
Who is she, really?
(13) The Cloister Pavilion Murder?
{Synopsis}?
The strongest revenge stems from the deepest love!!!?
Keigo Higashino's most delayed and bizarre work of the ultimate in honky-tonk deduction!!!?
While entrepreneur Ichihara Takahide is on the verge of death, a number of horrific murders occur at his Japanese inn, the Korokutei. His personal secretary, Kiryu Eriko, is strangled and left unconscious; Eriko's boyfriend, Satonaka Jiro, is suspected of murder and then set himself on fire; and shortly after Takahide's death, his niece, Yuka, who has come to pay tribute to him, is stabbed by a murderer who breaks into her home in the middle of the night. As each of the key players dies, the conspiracy behind the events becomes clearer - the man behind the scenes is clearly after Takahashi's vast inheritance! As the Ichihara family looks on in disbelief, no one is willing to tell the truth, and Kikuyo Homma, an outsider who is accidentally involved in this interest tangle, what is her true identity and purpose? ......?
In the quiet corridor of the pavilion, the murderous intent, watered by blood, blooms like a flower. ......?
Can anyone understand what it's like to see a loved one die? Late at night, in the cloister pavilion, my boyfriend, Jiro Satonaka, was brutally murdered! Burning in a blazing fire, he died right next to me! It all happened so fast, and the grief spread so quickly, but in retrospect, I realized that it was a "perfect" murder, and the only thing that wasn't perfect was that I, the only eyewitness, had miraculously survived! I knew the murderer was spying on me in the dark, but who was he? And why did he choose Jiro and me? In order to solve all these mysteries, I had to decide to 'die' again ......?
(14) Meteor's Trip?
{Synopsis}?
The story takes place in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The owner of the Arimine family, a Western-style restaurant, has three children, Kouichi, Taisuke and Shizuna, and the family lives a happy life. But one night, when the children went to watch a shooting star, their parents were killed with bladed weapons. After losing their parents and carrying a heavy burden of fate, the three siblings resorted to scamming rich people to make a living, and 14 years later, believing that they have finally found the murderer of their parents, they set up a scheme to take revenge on the murderer. They approach Gyosei, the eldest son of the suspect, and lay a trap. However, her younger sister Shizuna falls in love with Gyosei. ...... Will the three siblings be able to take revenge? Is Gyosei's father really the murderer of their parents? The sister Jingnai's love and how to go!
(15) The Rose and the Dagger?
{Essay excerpt}?
A thud came from the study.?
It was the sound of an index finger tapping on an ebony desk.?
The person knocking on the table was named Taizo Ohara. He was knocking while giving a death glare to the front, where - on a chair across the table sat the still small looking Yuriko - his daughter.?
Beside Yuriko stood a man, dressed in a dark gray suit with a pair of black, gold-rimmed glasses perched on the bridge of his nose. The man was slightly on the thin side, but had a decent appearance. It didn't look as if he was particularly intimidated by Tai San, he just kept his eyes down out of habit.?
Taizan stopped his fingers and turned his gaze slowly from his daughter to the man.?
"Go ahead, Yesan-kun." ?
The gruff voice was nevertheless loud. It was probably from years of exercise...?
The man called Yesan slowly raised his eyes, subconsciously pushing the beam of his glasses upward with his middle finger as his gaze met Taizan's. ?
"Tell me only the conclusion." ?
(16) The Beautiful Murderer?
{Essay excerpt}?
Her dark fingers gripped the barbell adjusted to the sides of her shoulders.?
The young girl sat back in her chair, straightened her back, and took three consecutive deep breaths, and before the third deep breath could be taken, the young girl tensed her entire body in one breath accompanied by a growl like a wild animal from deep in her throat.?
The next second, the young girl raised the barbell high, bulging muscles, tanned and shiny. She frowned with both eyebrows, her face seemingly in pain, as if she was enjoying the pleasure at the same time.?
The barbell returned to its original position, and she repeated the same motion, her faint breathing, matching the rhythm, her stretching muscles oozing sweat.?
After the tenth time, the rhythm seemed a little messy, but the young girl managed to complete the same movement twelve times.?
"Very good." ?
The man beside the young girl looked intently at the screen of the computer rather than the young girl. This computer was wired to the machine that controlled the barbell.?
"Your explosiveness and speed have gotten stronger, increase the intensity of your training from tomorrow." ?
Because of the man's praise, the young girl smiled with joy from the bottom of her heart.?
In this slightly darkened room, no, it might not be appropriate to call it a room, as the entire space was over sixty pings, with all sorts of training machines on display.?
(17) The Secret?
{Synopsis}?
"We can never go back!" Desperate love, blood-curdling cries of lust and desire!!!?
Who is she, and is it a wife or a daughter he's lost? The bus rolls down the valley, and Heisuke Sugita's life is turned upside down in its wake. His wife's body was destroyed, and her soul was placed inside his 11-year-old daughter. Since then, the Sugita family has begun a marvelous "secret" life ......?
{Editor's Pick}?
Who is she? The best-selling mystery novel in Japan, performed by Ryoko Hiroma, the movie of the same name is well known all over the world, the rare "Triple Crown" in the history of speculative fiction, Keigo Higashino's pinnacle of work, won the 52nd Japan Society of Speculative Writers Award, and shortlisted for the Naoki Prize!
The hottest, most beautiful author in the world, who pushes the boundaries of love with his innate talent!
(18) The Rules of the Famous Detective?
{Excerpts from the article}?
The so-called certain character is that famous famous detective, Ichigoro Tenkaichi. His wrinkled shirt, disheveled head, and antique cane are his trademarks. Many people have seen the movie where he gathers all the people involved in an incident, says "Oh, everyone", starts his own reasoning, and then points his cane and says, "You're the murderer".
Even if you don't know him, smart readers will already know that I am, of course, a supporting character in the Detective Tenkaichi series. A police officer who repeatedly makes wrong deductions is a must in a famous detective work, and it's my responsibility to play that funny character.
"How about that, it's an easy job."
"It's an easy job, isn't it?
Maybe that's a line you hear a lot. You don't have to find the real culprit yourself, you don't have to overlook the key to solving the problem, you just have to suspect everyone involved, so it's no easier than that - all readers would imagine that.
How can that be?
That's the hardest job there is. One only has to think about it for a moment to realize that it's not as easy as playing detective.
(19) A Love Story in a Parallel World?
{Synopsis}?
There is often a situation where two trams on two different railroads are heading in the same direction and stopping at the same platform. In Tabata, this is the case with the Yamanote Line, which runs to and from Shinagawa, and the Keihin Tohoku Line.?
When he was a graduate student, Takashi Tsuruga rode the Yamanote Line three times a week, destined for the university's data room in Shimbashi. He rode the same train every morning at a fixed moment. Even though it was past rush hour, there were no seats available, and he always stood by the door, always the same train and the same door.?
He gazed aimlessly out the window at the scenery: the clutter of buildings, the gray sky, the poor quality billboards.?
However, these views were often blocked by the Keihin Tohoku Line coming in the same direction, a train that came closer and farther away, speeding in the same direction at nearly the same speed. When the two trains were closest together, they seemed to merge into one, and even the faces of the passengers on the opposite side of the train were clearly visible. Of course, no matter how close they get, they can't communicate with each other, they just drive towards the end of their journey.
One day, Takashi's eyes fell on a young woman in the opposite compartment, a wide-eyed girl with long hair, standing by the door and staring out the window, just like Takashi. Probably a college student, Chong Shi deduced from her casual attire...?
Subsequently, every Tuesday of the week, she was bound to appear on the opposite tram. The same moment, the same tram, the same carriage, by the same door.?
And Takashi slowly began to look forward to Tuesdays.?
On days when he saw her, he felt inexplicably happy throughout the day. On the contrary, on days when he couldn't see her, he became all of a sudden at a loss again. In short, he was in love with her.?
A few days later, Chong Shi made a big discovery.?
(20) The Door to Murder?
{Synopsis}?
Be careful not to awaken your long-dormant murderous intent by reading this book!
Do all people have a hidden desire to kill?
What kind of fuse does it take to cross the door to murder? ?
Does it take a momentary impulse, or is motive, circumstance, timing, and fuse all missing? ?
An in-depth novel that explores the dark side of human nature in the context of a raucous fraud. ?
Most things that happen in this world are more than mere coincidence. ?
"You put a curse on me, and I can't escape that binding spell." ?
"What if there was a line that determined whether or not one could be a murderer ......?
My heart should wander to the edge of the line." ?
Toxic killings, fraud, cursed letters, broken homes ...... ?
Behind what seems like bad luck lies a truth full of premeditation and malice. ?
When the truth comes out, will the long-held visions of murder be put into action? ?
(21) "Girl Client"?
{Synopsis}?
On a sunny day in August, Miyuki walks to her doorstep as she returns from training at the club, and somehow she senses a strange atmosphere hanging over her home.?
Miyuki stood there, looking out the front door towards the house.?
It was an atmosphere that gave the impression that the house in front of her was camouflaged. It was as if the entire home had been completely replaced by a disguise of some sort.?
Of course that was impossible. Miyuki cocked her head slightly and with a shrug of her shoulders she entered the home. The entrance door was unlocked.?
(22) The Relief of the Virgin?
{Synopsis}?
"The Holy Virgin's Relief" is the second installment in the long Galileo series following "The Devotion of Suspect X," which immediately surpassed 200,000 copies sold in Japan.?
When her husband is poisoned and killed in their home, the wife, who is the suspect, has an alibi that is as strong as a brick wall.
How exactly was the poison administered? Professor Yukawa, known as Galileo, once again takes on the challenge of an impossible crime,?
Professor Yukawa, the so-called detective Galileo, once again takes on the challenge of proving an impossible crime by proving a horrific trick set up by the illogical thinking of a woman!
And the answer to the murder is the "imaginary number solution" - theoretically possible, but practically impossible ......?
(23) The Eleven Character Murder?
{Synopsis}?
My boyfriend, Masayuki Kawazu, was killed! First he was poisoned, then he was hit hard in the back of the head, and finally his body was dumped in the harbor. What deep hatred did the killer have to kill him so brutally? I remembered that not so long ago, he had said in fear that he was "being watched!" And someone stole a certain information from his belongings ...... As a deduction novelist, I decided to track down the truth by myself, not realizing that the people I had contacted were also killed one after another! And before they died, they all received a piece of white paper with only eleven words on it: "Full of murderous intent from an uninhabited island"......?
(24) The Devotion of Suspect X?
{Synopsis}?
Ishigami, a once-in-a-century mathematical genius, goes to his regular bento store to buy lunch, just to see his neighbor Yasuko, who works there, for the only pleasure he gets out of his day.
Yasuko, who lives with her daughter, kills her ex-husband, who comes to haunt her.
Ishigami offers to take care of the aftermath.
Ishigami has set up an implausible scheme that keeps the police on the periphery, unable to get involved in the case at all.
What kind of tactics did Ishigami use?
{Media comment}?
Keigo Higashino is both a once-in-a-century master of deduction and the most important deductionist since Seicho Matsumoto.?
He writes about deception to the extreme. --Naoki Award Criticism?
This is "the best book of the year." --Yomiuri Shimbun?
Keigo Higashino was ranked No. 2 in the "2007 Annual Author Popularity Ranking". --Asahi Shimbun?
(25) "Letter (Handwritten)"?
{Essay excerpt}?
There was no particular reason for targeting this family, other than the fact that he knew a bit about them.
The first thing that came to my mind when I decided to do it was the old lady named Ogata, who lived here, with her beautiful silver hair neatly combed and dressed in a way that showed her noble taste.
"You've worked hard! Still so young, how marvelous!" She said while handing over a small paper bag containing gift money. Tsuyoshi later took a look and there were three thousand dollar bills inside. It was the first time that Tsuyoshi had received such a letter since he started working for the moving company.The wholesaler owned the trade name Ogata Store. But now the store seems to be nothing more than an empty name, relying solely on the use of the land formerly used for stacking lumber for other purposes to generate income.?
(26) "Snowkill"?
{Excerpt from article}?
Shin Oda looks around the room with a hand over his brow as he adjusts the fire in the large fireplace, that look checking to see if he's overlooked something.?
The hour was two in the afternoon, and unless there was considerable trouble, the guests should be arriving soon.?
He nodded as if to say "no more problems" and left the fireside, sitting on a wooden bench in the corner and lighting a cigarette.
Maybe it's a habit of waiting? His left foot swayed uncontrollably, but he probably immediately thought of the indecency of such a movement, tapped his thigh, and stopped.?
He was about to light his second cigarette when there was a movement outside the foyer.?
(27) The Mysterious Case of the Izu Inn?
{Essay excerpt}?
Fumiko had just returned from tennis school when the two men arrived. She used the automated intercom to confirm the identity of the two men before going to the foyer and opening the door. Outside the door stood two men and women dressed in black, both tall. The man had an angular face that looked like it had been carved with a knife, giving off more or less a not-so-pleasant vibe; and the woman, though a beautiful woman with slender eyes, somehow made people feel a bit gloomy at first sight, probably because her shoulder-length hair was so dark...?
"We're from the Detective Club. I apologize for being late." ?
(28) "Precognitive Dreams" ?
{Synopsis}?
Late at night, a man invades the room of a 16-year-old girl. The young girl's mother senses something unusual and raises a shotgun and fires several shots. The man, who was later arrested, insisted that he dreamed 17 years ago that he would marry the teenage girl. His proof, an essay he wrote in fourth grade. Is this chance, fantasy, or ...... Let Yukawa, a gifted physicist, guide us through the supernatural haze of these deaths.?
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