Keigo Higashino
Hardcover | Pages: 298 pages Rating: 4.13 | 28005 Users | 4068 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo #3) |
| Author | : | Keigo Higashino |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 298 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2011 by Minotaur Books (first published August 29th 2005) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Crime. Thriller. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Mystery Thriller |
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Yasuko lives a quiet life, working in a Tokyo bento shop, a good mother to her only child. But when her ex-husband appears at her door without warning one day, her comfortable world is shattered. When Detective Kusanagi of the Tokyo Police tries to piece together the events of that day, he finds himself confronted by the most puzzling, mysterious circumstances he has ever investigated. Nothing quite makes sense, and it will take a genius to understand the genius behind this particular crime...Define Books During The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo #3)
| Original Title: | 容疑者Xの献身 [Yōgi-sha X no Kenshin] |
| ISBN: | 0312375069 (ISBN13: 9780312375065) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Detective Galileo #3, Detective Galileo (English Translation Order) #1 |
| Characters: | Tetsuya Ishigami, Yasuko Hanaoka, Kuniaki Kudo |
| Literary Awards: | Barry Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2012), Naoki Prize 直木三十五賞 (2005), Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel (2012), Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction (2006), このミステリーがすごい！ for 国内編 1st place (2006) 本屋大賞 for 4th place (2006) |
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'The Devotion of Suspect X', by Japanese author Keigo Higashino, is an amazing police procedural puzzler of a mystery! Not the crime itself - the murder victim and the murderer are revealed in the first chapter. It is during the investigations of the murder by two other characters after the murder that even more shocking discoveries are made.This book is best if read cold, without reading the cover blurbs or reviews. Either stop here, or if you must, gentle reader, I will continue.When I startedNot a whodunit but rather a how to get away with it thriller. By the end of the first chapter Yasuko Hanoaka and her daughter Misato have killed Yasukos ex-husband Togashi. You could argue it was in self-defence but thats not the point. Yasukos neighbor, the heavyset, round-faced Ishigami overhears the commotion and deduces their predicament. Clearly infatuated with Yasuko, he offers up his services in covering up the crime. "Trust me" he says, "Logical thinking will get us through this."
This is my first Japanese Author that I tried. It had been a stunning read for me. I should admit, the story on occasion goes somewhat sensitive. By the way, this is an absolute "must read" top rated story which will thrill you right from the word go.As you begin turning the pages, you would become acquainted with Yasuko Hanoaka, a single parent who has needed to move to get away from her ex, at long last snaps when he appears at her new entryway. When she and her little girl coincidentally
Whoa! I finished reading the final 220 odd pages in less than 3 hours. That must be some kind of a personal best for me.All of the crime thrillers I had read before this had the same template of the classical whodunit, with a few alterations here & there. But it was always on me to try & guess the identity of the culprit until the end when the book finally provides the revelation.But what if you're already told 'who done it' in the first couple of chapters itself? Believe me, I thought
The Devotion of Suspect X is the third book of the 'Detective Galileo' series by the author Keigo Higashino. The reason why I believe it has managed to attain such popularity, is because the book has broken free from the shackles of the typical 'whodunnit' format. The author presents us with a greater challenge than wondering who the murderer is: he keeps us guessing about how the murder can be hidden, in order to make it a perfect crime.The premise of the story, as oft-repeated, is simple.
The classic whodunit works by misdirection, same as a magic trick. As is the case with the magician, so with the mystery writer - the more the skill in the smoothness of execution, the more mystifying the trick seems. But unlike the magician (who never tells), the author tells everything in the end: as the clever detective reveals how the public have been duped by the villain, the reader is also equally dumbfounded. The success of the mystery is in direct proportion to the amount of
Both unusual and familiar, The Devotion of Suspect X is an unassuming mystery with an astonishing approach.It is a book that will toy with the very definition of the concept of 'spoilers:' it begins with a few hours in our main characters' daily routines, then quickly jumps into an emotional scene that results in murder. I admit that I was doubtful; how was I to stay interested in a mystery where I already knew the answers to the 'who-what-where-why-when?' But Hiashino is quite masterful,
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