Keigo Higashino

From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the mystery of the disappearance and death of Detective Kaga's own mother. A decade ago, Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga went to collect the ashes of his recently deceased mother. Years before, she ran away from her husband and son without explanation or any further contact, only to die alone in an apartment far away, leaving her estranged son with many unanswered questions. Now in Tokyo, Michiko Oshitani is found dead many miles from home. Strangled to death, left in the bare apartment rented under a false name by a man who has disappeared without a trace. Oshitani lived far away in Sendai, with no known connection to Tokyo - and neither her family or friends have any idea why she would have gone there. Hers is the second strangulation death in that approximate area of Tokyo - the other was a homeless man, killed and his body burned in a tent by the river. As the police search through Oshitani's past for any clue that might shed some light, one of the detectives reaches out to Detective Kaga for advice. As the case unfolds an unexpected connective emerges between the murder (or murders) now and the long ago case of the missing mother of Detective Kaga. The Final Curtain, one of Keigo Higashino's most acclaimed mysteries, brings the story of Detective Kaga to a surprising conclusion in a series of rich, surprising twists.

Detective Kyoichiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department has just been transferred to a new precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Newly arrived, but with a great deal of experience, Kaga is promptly assigned to the team investigating the murder of a woman. But the more he investigates, the greater number of potential suspects emerges. It isn’t long before it seems nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi have a motive for murder. To prevent the murderer from eluding justice, Kaga must unravel all the secrets surrounding a complicated life. Buried somewhere in the woman’s past, in her family history, and the last few days of her life is the clue that will lead to the murderer. From the international bestseller Keigo Higashino, author of The Devotion of Suspect X, comes one of his finest works of crime fiction yet.

Manabu Yukawa, the physicist known as "Detective Galileo," has traveled to Hari Cove, a once-popular summer resort town that has fallen on hard times. He is there to speak at a conference on a planned underwater mining operation, which has sharply divided the town. One faction is against the proposed operation, concerned about the environmental impact on the area, known for its pristine waters. The other faction, seeing no future in the town as it is, believes its only hope lies in the development project. The night after the tense panel discussion, one of the resort's guests is found dead on the seashore at the base of the local cliffs. The local police at first believe it was a simple accident-that he wandered over the edge while walking on unfamiliar territory in the middle of the night. But when they discover that the victim was a former policeman and that the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, they begin to suspect he was murdered, and his body tossed off the cliff to misdirect the police. As the police try to uncover where Tsukahara was killed and why, Yukawa finds himself enmeshed in yet another confounding case of murder. In a series of twists as complex and surprising as any in Higashino's brilliant, critically acclaimed work, Galileo uncovers the hidden relationship behind the tragic events that led to this murder.

When a man is found murdered in an abandoned building in Osaka in 1973, unflappable detective Sasagaki is assigned to the case. He begins to piece together the connection of two young people who are inextricably linked to the crime; the dark, taciturn son of the victim and the unexpectedly captivating daughter of the main suspect. Over the next twenty years we follow their lives as Sasagaki pursues the case - which remains unsolved - to the point of obsession. Stark, intriguing and stylish, Journey Under the Midnight Sun is an epic mystery by the bestselling Japanese author.

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 leave his marriage and his wife, is poisoned by arsenic-laced coffee and dies. His wife, Ayane, is the logical suspect—except that she was hundreds of miles away when he was murdered. The lead detective, Tokyo Police Detective Kusanagi, is immediately smitten with her and refuses to believe that she could have had anything to do with the crime. His assistant, Kaoru Utsumi, however, is convinced Ayane is guilty. While Utsumi's instincts tell her one thing, the facts of the case are another matter. So she does what her boss has done for years when stymied—she calls upon Professor Manabu Yukawa. But even the brilliant mind of Dr. Yukawa has trouble with this one, and he must somehow find a way to solve an impossible murder and capture a very real, very deadly murderer. Salvation of a Saint is Keigo Higashino at his mind-bending best, pitting emotion against fact in a beautifully plotted crime novel filled with twists and reverses that will astonish and surprise even the most attentive and jaded of readers.

Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems. At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. As Kaga investigates, he eventually uncovers evidence that indicates that the two writers' relationship was very different that they claimed, that they were anything but best friends. But the question before Kaga isn't necessarily who, or how, but why. In a brilliantly realized tale of cat and mouse, the detective and the killer battle over the truth of the past and how events that led to the murder really unfolded. And if Kaga isn't able to uncover and prove why the murder was committed, then the truth may never come out. Malice is one of the bestselling—the most acclaimed—novels in Keigo Higashino's series featuring police detective Kyoichiro Kaga, one of the most popular creations of the bestselling novelist in Asia.

When three delinquents hole up in an abandoned general store after their most recent robbery, to their great surprise, a letter drops through the mail slot in the store's shutter. This seemingly simple request for advice sets the trio on a journey of discovery as, over the course of a single night, they step into the role of the kindhearted former shopkeeper who devoted his waning years to offering thoughtful counsel to his correspondents. Through the lens of time, they share insight with those seeking guidance, and by morning, none of their lives will ever be the same. By acclaimed author Keigo Higashino, The Miracles of the Namiya General Store is a work that has touched the hearts of readers around the world.

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...

In the latest from international bestselling author Keigo Higashino, Tokyo Police Detective Kaga is faced with a very public murder that doesn't quite add up, a prime suspect unable to defend himself, and pressure from the highest levels for a quick solution. In the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo an unusual statue of a Japanese mythic beast - a kirin - stands guard over the district from the classic Nihonbashi bridge. In the evening, a man who appears to be very drunk staggers onto the bridge and collapses right under the statue of the winged beast. The patrolman who sees this scene unfold goes to rouse the man, only to discover that the man has not passed out, he is dead; that he was not drunk, he was stabbed in the chest. However, where he died was not where the crime was committed - the key to solving the crime is to find out where he was attacked and why he made such a superhuman effort to carry himself to the Nihonbashi Bridge. That same night, a young man named Yashima is injured in a car accident while attempting to flee from the police. Found on him is the wallet of the murdered man. Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga is assigned to the team investigating the murder - and must bring his skills to bear to uncover what actually happened that night on the Nihonbashi bridge. What, if any, connection is there between the murdered man and Yashima, the young man caught with his wallet? Kaga's investigation takes him down dark roads and into the unknown past to uncover what really happened and why. A Death in Tokyo is another mind-bending mystery from the modern master of classic crime, finalist for both an Edgar Award and a CWA Dagger, the internationally bestselling Keigo Higashino.

Detective Galileo, Keigo Higashino’s best loved character from The Devotion of Suspect X, returns in a case where hidden history, an impossible crime, are linked by nearly invisible threads in surprising ways. The body of a young man is found floating in Tokyo Bay. But his death was no accident—Ryota Uetsuji was shot. He'd been reported missing the week before by his live-in girlfriend Sonoka Shimauchi, but when detectives from the Homicide Squad go to interview her, she is nowhere to be found. She's taken time off from work, clothes and effects are missing from the apartment she shared. And when the detectives learn that she was the victim of domestic abuse, they presume that she was the killer. But her alibi is airtight—she was hours away in Kyoto when Ryota disappeared, forcing Detectives Kusanagi and Utsumi to restart their investigation. But if Sonoko didn't kill her abusive lover, then who did? A thin thread of association leads them to their old consultant, brilliant physicist Manabu Yukawa, known in the department as "Detective Galileo." With Sonoko still missing, the detectives investigate other threads of association—an eccentric artist, who was Sonoko's mother figure after her own single mother passed; and an older woman who is the owner of a hostess club. And how is Sonoko continuing to stay one step ahead of the police searching for her? It's up to Galileo to find the nearly hidden threads of history and coincidence that connect the people around the bloody murder- which, surprisingly, connect to his own traumatic past—to unravel not merely the facts of the crime but the helix that ties them all together.

Detective Galileo, Keigo Higashino’s best loved character from The Devotion of Suspect X, returns in a complex and challenging mystery—several murders, decades apart, with no solid evidence. A popular young girl disappears without a trace, her skeletal remains discovered three years later in the ashes of a burned out house. There’s a suspect and compelling circumstantial evidence of his guilt, but no concrete proof. When he isn’t indicted, he returns to mock the girl’s family. And this isn’t the first time he’s been suspected of the murder of a young girl, nearly twenty years ago he was tried and released due to lack of evidence. Chief Inspector Kusanagi of the Homicide Division of the Tokyo Police worked both cases. The neighborhood in which the murdered girl lived is famous for an annual street festival, featuring a parade with entries from around Tokyo and Japan. During the parade, the suspected killer dies unexpectedly. His death is suspiciously convenient but the people with all the best motives have rock solid alibis. CI Kusanagi turns once again to his college friend, Physics professor and occasional police consultant Manabu Yukawa, known as Detective Galileo, to help solve the string of impossible to prove murders.

En 2012, après avoir commis un méfait, trois jeunes délinquants se réfugient dans une vieille boutique à l’abandon pour s’y cacher jusqu’au lendemain. Dans le courant de la nuit, quelqu’un glisse une enveloppe par la fente du rideau métallique. Lorsqu’ils l’ouvrent, les trois compères découvrent qu’elle contient une requête adressée à l’ancien propriétaire, célèbre dans le quartier pour avoir prodigué des conseils de toutes sortes à ceux qui lui écrivaient. Mais cette lettre a été écrite… trente-deux ans auparavant. Ils décident d’y répondre et déposent leur missive dans la boîte à lait à l’arrière de la boutique, comme l’ancien tenancier avait coutume de le faire. Aussitôt, un nouveau message leur arrive, lui aussi venu du passé… L’espace d’une nuit, d’un voyage dans le temps, les trois garçons vont ainsi infléchir le cours de plusieurs destinées, et peut-être bien bouleverser la leur. Admiré pour la mécanique parfaite de ses intrigues policières, Keigo Higashino fait une incursion dans le fantastique et réussit un petit miracle de roman bienveillant, touchant et profondément humaniste.

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Seorang lelaki ditemukan tewas di rumahnya akibat kopi beracun. Istrinya memiliki motif kuat sebagai tersangka setelah dia dicampakkan oleh sang suami. Masalahnya, pada hari pembunuhan, wanita itu berada ribuan kilometer dari tempat kejadian. Detektif Kusanagi dan Detektif Utsumi Kaoru yang menyelidiki kasus ini memiliki opini bertentangan soal siapa pelakunya. Namun, Utsumi merasa Kusanagi terlalu berempati terhadap istri korban dan itu membuat penilaiannya kabur. Karena itu, Utsumi meminta Profesor Manabu Yukawa untuk membantu kepolisian, sekaligus meluruskan logika Kusanagi. Tapi bahkan ilmuwan genius yang dijuluki Detektif Galileo itu kebingungan. Tidak mungkin seseorang memasukkan racun ke kopi dari jarak jauh, bukan? Di sinilah kecerdasan sang profesor diuji. Dia harus menguak trik bagaimana racun itu muncul pada waktu yang tepat, di tempat yang sempurna, dan yang terpenting, tidak salah sasaran.

Detektif Kaga Kyoichiro baru dipindahkan ke Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Ia memang pendatang baru, tapi sangat berpengalaman menangani kasus kriminal. Ia bergabung dengan tim untuk menyelidiki pembunuhan seorang wanita. Semakin terlibat dalam kasus itu, semakin banyak tersangka baru bermunculan. Bahkan, hampir semua orang yang tinggal dan bekerja di distrik Nihonbashi memiliki motif sebagai pelaku. Agar si pelaku tertangkap, Kaga harus mengurai seluruh rahasia di sekitar hidup manusia yang rumit. Masa lalu korban, sejarah keluarganya, dan hari-hari terakhir hidupnya merupakan kunci yang akan membawa Kaga kepada si pelaku. The Newcomer merupakan novel dari seri Detektif Kaga karya Keigo Higashino.

Maehara Akio est un homme ordinaire qui mène une vie ordinaire d'employé de bureau. Un jour, il découvre le cadavre d'une fillette dans son jardin. Sa femme lui apprend que c'est leur fils âgé de quatorze ans qui l'a tuée. Alors qu'Akio veut prévenir la police, sa femme l’implore de ne pas ruiner la vie de leur fils et il accepte de dissimuler le crime. Mais c'est l'inspecteur Kaga Kyōichirō qui est chargé de l'enquête, un homme qui excelle dans l’art de suivre les mille plis et replis de l'âme humaine. L'un des romans les plus sombres du maître nippon, dans la veine du Dévouement du suspect X.

Yasuko Hanaoka, madre soltera y divorciada, pensaba que por fin se había librado de su ex marido. Pero cuando éste aparece un día ante su puerta, en un complejo de apartamentos en Tokio, la escena se complica y el ex marido acaba muerto en su casa. Madre e hija lo han estrangulado. De pronto, Ishigami, el enigmático vecino de la puerta de al lado, se ofrece a ayudarles a deshacerse del cadáver y buscar la coartada perfecta. La devoción del sospechoso X, galardonada con el Premio Naoki 2006 a la mejor novela, ha vendido más dos millones de ejemplares en Japón y ha sido llevada al cine.

Ketika tiga pemuda berandal bersembunyi di toko kelontong tak berpenghuni setelah melakukan pencurian, sepucuk surat misterius mendadak diselipkan ke dalam toko melalui lubang surat. Surat yang berisi permintaan saran. Sungguh aneh. Namun, surat aneh itu ternyata membawa mereka dalam petualangan melintasi waktu, menggantikan peran kakek pemilik toko kelontong yang menghabiskan tahun-tahun terakhirnya memberikan nasihat tulus kepada orang-orang yang meminta bantuan. Hanya untuk satu malam. Dan saat fajar menjelang, hidup ketiga sahabat itu tidak akan pernah sama lagi..

Novelis laris Hidaka Kunihiko ditemukan tewas di rumahnya pada malam sebelum ia meninggalkan Jepang untuk pindah ke Kanada. Tubuhnya ditemukan di ruang kerjanya yang terkunci di rumahnya yang juga terkunci oleh istri dan sahabatnya. Keduanya punya alibi kuat. Mungkin. Detektif Kaga Kyoichiro yang menyelidiki kasus pembunuhan tersebut menemukan bahwa hubungan Hidaka dengan sang sahabat, Nonoguchi Osamu, tidak seperti yang diceritakan oleh Nonoguchi. Tapi pertanyaan yang paling mengusik Kaga bukanlah siapa atau bagaimana, melainkan kenapa. Dari situlah sang detektif dan sang pembunuh bertarung membeberkan kebenaran tentang masa lalu dan masa kini versi masing-masing. Dan jika Kaga gagal menguak motif sang pembunuh yang sebenarnya, kebenaran takkan terungkap seutuhnya. Malice merupakan novel dari seri Detektif Kaga karya Keigo Higashino yang paling laris dan paling banyak dipuji.

Naoko, a major bestseller and film in Japan, is a poignant and wily take on gender relations from a master of the detective story. Expertly and seamlessly interweaving the real and the unreal, Naoko involves a regular guy whose world is rocked when his wife dies in a bus accident. His young daughter survives, but seems to be inhabited by her mother’s personality.

Pembunuhan bisa terjadi di mana saja, termasuk di sebuah kota kecil, terpencil, dan nyaris terlupakan di tengah pandemi Covid-19. Seorang mantan guru SMP ditemukan tewas tercekik di halaman rumahnya sendiri. Polisi tidak tahu apakah ini pembunuhan terencana, pembunuhan tak disengaja, atau aksi pencurian yang berakhir dengan pembunuhan. Korban adalah guru yang disegani. Setelah pensiun pun, mantan murid-muridnya sering menghubunginya untuk meminta bantuan atau nasihat. Jadi, tentu saja para mantan muridnya, yang pulang ke kota itu demi menghadiri reuni, termasuk dalam daftar orang-orang yang dicurigai. Polisi kebingungan, dan si pembunuh lega karena identitasnya tidak akan pernah ketahuan. Namun, ia tidak menyangka bahwa putri korban akan muncul bersama pamannya—seorang mantan pesulap eksentrik—dan ikut menyelidiki apa yang sebenarnya terjadi dan mencari tahu siapa yang membunuh Kamio Eiichi.

Ketika si mantan suami muncul lagi untuk memeras Yasuko Hanaoka dan putrinya, keadaan menjadi tak terkendali, hingga si mantan suami terbujur kaku di lantai apartemen. Yasuko berniat menghubungi polisi, tetapi mengurungkan niatnya ketika Ishigami, tetangganya, menawarkan bantuan untuk menyembunyikan mayat itu. Saat mayat tersebut ditemukan, penyidikan Detektif Kusanagi mengarah kepada Yasuko. Namun sekuat apa pun insting detektifnya, alibi wanita itu sulit sekali dipatahkan. Kusanagi berkonsultasi dengan sahabatnya, Dr. Manabu Yukawa sang Profesor Galileo, yang ternyata teman kuliah Ishigami. Diselingi nostalgia masa-masa kuliah, Yukawa sang pakar fisika beradu kecerdasan dengan Ishigami, sang genius matematika. Ishigami berjuang melindungi Yasuko dengan berusaha mengakali dan memperdaya Yukawa, yang baru kali ini menemukan lawan paling cerdas dan bertekad baja.

Dalam kunjungannya ke Harigaura untuk menghadiri diskusi rencana proyek penggalian sumber daya bawah laut, Profesor Yukawa Manabu menyaksikan panasnya perdebatan di antara warga lokal. Sementara sebagian pihak mendukung rencana itu demi menghidupkan kembali perekonomian, pihak lain mati-matian menentang karena ingin menjaga kelestarian alam. Namun, bukan hanya proyek tersebut yang meresahkan kota itu. Keesokan paginya, salah satu tamu penginapan yang ditempati Yukawa ditemukan tewas di pantai berbatu-batu. Saat diketahui sang korban merupakan mantan polisi Tokyo dan tewas keracunan karbon monoksida, timbul kecurigaan bahwa ia dibunuh. Apa yang dilakukan mantan polisi itu di Harigaura? Apakah ada yang ingin membungkamnya? Kenapa? Sekali lagi, Yukawa mendapati dirinya berada di tengah misteri yang harus dipecahkan.

Sejak istrinya meninggal, Nagamine Shigeki hidup hanya berdua dengan putrinya, Ema. Suatu malam, Ema pergi menonton festival musim panas. Tetapi ia tidak pernah pulang sampai mayatnya ditemukan di sungai. Dalam hari-hari kelam menunggu proses penyelidikan kepolisian, Nagamine menerima telepon dari seseorang yang memberikan informasi tentang para pelaku dan lokasi pembunuhan Ema. Nagamine memutuskan menyusup ke apartemen yang disebut. Di sana ia menemukan kaset video berisi rekaman peristiwa pemerkosaan dan pembunuhan putrinya. Semakin terpuruk dalam duka dan kini diselimuti amarah, ditambah keyakinan bahwa para pelaku hanya akan dijatuhi hukuman ringan karena masih di bawah umur, Nagamine memutuskan mengadili mereka dengan tangannya sendiri. Apakah Nagamine akan berhasil? Kepada siapakah hukum akan memihak?

Mereka berada tepat di perbatasan hitam dan putih, bagaikan cahaya dan bayangan, siang dan malam, angsa dan kelelawar. Mereka tidak seharusnya bertemu, tidak seharusnya berhubungan baik. Namun, takdir berkata lain. Dalam semalam, hidup Shiraishi Mirei dan Kuraki Kazuma berubah. Ayah Mirei berakhir menjadi mayat dan ayah Kazuma berakhir menjadi pembunuh. Shiraishi Kensuke ditemukan tewas ditikam dalam mobil. Mengingat profesinya sebagai pengacara, mungkin saja ada orang yang mendendam padanya. Namun, Mirei yakin sang ayah adalah sosok yang dihormati karena selalu tulus dan jujur dalam bekerja. Sementara itu, Kazuma sama sekali tidak percaya ketika ayahnya, Kuraki Tatsuro, yang pendiam mengaku sebagai pembunuh Kensuke. Terlebih lagi ketika ia diberitahu bahwa ini bukan pertama kalinya sang ayah membunuh seseorang. Semua bukti sangat meyakinkan, tetapi Mirei dan Kazuma tidak mampu menyingkirkan keraguan dalam hati mereka. Salah satunya adalah keluarga korban yang sedang berduka, sementara yang lain adalah keluarga pembunuh. Mereka bagaikan angsa dan kelelawar, tetapi memutuskan bekerja sama untuk mencari kebenaran... tanpa menyadari adanya kenyataan lain yang jauh lebih menyakitkan.

Tra giochi proibiti, violenza e intrighi morbosi, un avvincente rompicapo dal maestro del thriller giapponese. Doveva essere un giorno di riposo per l’ispettore Sasagaki, invece è l’inizio di un caso inestricabile che finirà per ossessionarlo per molto, molto tempo. Il corpo di Yosuke Kirihara, stimato proprietario di un banco di pegni, viene rinvenuto in un edificio abbandonato. Sdraiato su un divano, i capelli composti, l’abito elegante, come addormentato, non fosse per quella chiazza di sangue in mezzo al torace. I sospetti ricadono di volta in volta sui familiari, poi sui clienti del negozio, infine su una presunta amante, ma più il cerchio si stringe più la polizia brancola nel buio: non ci sono prove schiaccianti e gli indiziati hanno alibi che si sostengono a vicenda. E, come una maledizione, tutti coloro che hanno a che fare con il caso Kirihara finiscono per morire in strane circostanze. Tutti tranne il figlio della vittima, Ryo, un ragazzo cupo e impenetrabile che vive arricchendosi con traffici illegali, e la figlia dell’amante di Kirihara, Yukiho, studentessa brillante e di una bellezza mozzafiato. Il caso viene archiviato e gli anni passano. Si dice che la pazienza sia la virtù dei forti, ma vent’anni sono davvero troppi, specialmente quando si tratta di un efferato omicidio. Mentre i due giovani sembrano essersi rifatti una vita, il caso Kirihara continua ad ossessionare l'ispettore Sasagaki, che molti anni dopo cercherà di riaprire le indagini. Riuscirà a sciogliere il mistero che lo tormenta e a incastrare un colpevole che gli sfugge da decenni?

Witaj w sklepie wielobranżowym, dzięki któremu rozwiążesz wszystkie swoje problemy! Yūji Namiya przez wiele lat prowadził mały sklep osiedlowy. Ludzie przychodzili do niego nie tylko po to, żeby zrobić zakupy, ale też po radę w trudnych sytuacjach życiowych. Odbywało się to w dość nietypowy sposób. Listy z pytaniami wrzucali do sklepu przez otwór w rolecie, a odpowiedzi odbierali z pojemnika na mleko. Po śmierci właściciela budynek opustoszał, a o panu Namiya zapomniano. Kilkadziesiąt lat później troje złodziei – Shōta, Atsuya i Kōhei – trafia do dawnego sklepu, szukając kryjówki. Kiedy zmęczeni i głodni przeszukują stare półki sklepowe, wydarza się coś niespodziewanego: ktoś wrzuca do sklepu list. Okazuje się, że młoda kobieta prosi w nim o poradę. Kiedy zaskoczeni rabusie próbują zrozumieć sytuację, odkrywają, że list przyszedł do nich z przeszłości…

Tre giovani ladri un po' pasticcioni - Shota, Kohei e Atsuya - hanno appena svaligiato una casa in una piccola cittadina di campagna, quando vengono lasciati a piedi dall'auto con cui sarebbero dovuti scappare. Decidono allora di nascondersi in un vecchio negozietto che sembra abbandonato, l'Emporio Namiya. Nel cuore della notte, però, succede qualcosa di strano: una lettera viene infilata sotto la serranda abbassata del negozio. È una richiesta di aiuto, indirizzata all'anziano proprietario dell'Emporio, che anni addietro era diventato celebre perché dispensava massime di saggezza e consigli di vita a chiunque gli chiedesse una mano. I tre, così, decidono di fare le sue veci e depositano una risposta scritta fuori dalla porta. Shota, Kohei e Atsuya, pensando di aver risolto la questione, tornano a discutere della fuga all'alba, ma dopo qualche istante giunge la replica, e questa volta capiscono che incredibilmente quelle lettere sono inviate da qualcuno che vive nel 1979, più di trent'anni indietro rispetto al loro presente. Da quel momento, le lettere di aiuto si moltiplicano, inviate da nuovi mittenti, ognuno con i propri problemi, tutti diversi e tutti complicati. Coinvolti in quella bizzarra macchina del tempo, i tre ladri decideranno di prestare il proprio aiuto a tutti quelli che lo richiedono, provando con le loro risposte a cambiare, in meglio, il passato. Scegliendo il miglior destino possibile per quei perfetti sconosciuti.

Il corpo di un avvocato noto in città viene trovato morto in una macchina. Sembra semplice per la polizia locale trovare il colpevole, visto che in poco tempo un uomo viene interrogato e poi indotto a confessare l'omicidio. Purtroppo, però, c'è una certa differenza tra l'arrestare qualcuno e il fare giustizia. E questa differenza è la molla che spinge i due protagonisti di questo romanzo a perseguire un'indagine che per le autorità competenti è già chiusa. L'oscurità che avvolge i due ragazzi - lui il figlio del reo confesso e lei l'orfana della vittima - complica però la soluzione del caso. Quando si cerca nel passato possono emergere persone e storie che danno nuova luce anche al nostro presente. È così che i due ragazzi scoprono che nessuno è chi diceva di essere. Forse i due genitori, vittima e carnefice, sono stati e sono ancora, al contrario, il carnefice e la vittima. Higashino ci porta in una Tokyo in cui niente è ciò che sembra e l'ossessione muove tutti i personaggi in una strada sempre più efferata e pericolosa.

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 leave his marriage and his wife, is poisoned by arsenic-laced coffee and dies. His wife, Ayane, is the logical suspect—except that she was hundreds of miles away when he was murdered. The lead detective, Tokyo Police Detective Kusanagi, is immediately smitten with her and refuses to believe that she could have had anything to do with the crime. His assistant, Kaoru Utsumi, however, is convinced Ayane is guilty. While Utsumi’s instincts tell her one thing, the facts of the case are another matter. So she does what her boss has done for years when stymied—she calls upon Professor Manabu Yukawa. But even the brilliant mind of Dr. Yukawa has trouble with this one, and he must somehow find a way to solve an impossible murder and capture a very real, very deadly murderer. Salvation for a Saint is Keigo Higashino at his mind-bending best, pitting emotion against fact in a beautifully plotted crime novel filled with twists and reverses that will astonish and surprise even the most attentive and jaded of readers.

In vista dell'esame di ammissione a una prestigiosa scuola superiore, quattro coppie di genitori decidono di trascorrere l'intera estate nella villa di uno di loro, dove un insegnante impartirà ai figli lezioni private. Un luogo apparentemente idilliaco, immerso nella natura, sulle placide sponde del lago Himegami. Eppure, una strana atmosfera si respira dietro il regime di studio estenuante dei ragazzi e l'eccessiva coesione degli adulti. L'ansia del successo e la paura del fallimento sono palpabili. Solo Shunsuke Namiki, che si unisce al gruppo per ultimo, sembra estraneo a queste emozioni: non vuole forzare le scelte del figlio adottivo, e, distratto da una relazione con la segretaria, sta pensando al divorzio. Fino a quando la sua amante non viene trovata morta, e sua moglie confessa: «L'ho uccisa io, le ho sfondato il cranio». Sconvolto e divorato dai dubbi, aggravati dalla misteriosa condotta del gruppo deciso a coprire l'omicida, Namiki comincerà a indagare. Perché mai sei persone rispettabili dovrebbero correre il rischio di complicità in un omicidio? Per pura amicizia? In un crescendo di tensioni di coppia, verità non dette e ricostruite, dilemmi etici e ambiguità morali, sarà il segreto stesso a reclamare una risposta, dalle profondità torbide e oscure in cui è stato gettato: l'ambizione degli adulti ha generato mostri, ma ormai è troppo tardi per ravvedersi. E, tuttavia, qualcosa sfuggirà infine alla giustizia, perché un tassello mancante, insospettabile, dopo aver messo Namiki sulle tracce dell'assassino, lo costringerà, come gli altri prima di lui, a un compromesso fatale, senza lasciare via di scampo, se non il silenzio.

Sayaka Kurahashi va mal. Mariée à un homme d'affaires absent, mère d'une fillette de trois ans qu'elle maltraite, elle a déjà tenté de mettre fin à ses jours. Et puis il y a cette étonnante amnésie: elle n'a aucun souvenir avant l'âge de cinq ans. Plus étrange encore, les albums de famille ne renferment aucune photo d'elle au berceau, faisant ses premiers pas... Quand, à la mort de son père, elle reçoit une enveloppe contenant une énigmatique clef à tête de lion et un plan sommaire conduisant à une bâtisse isolée dans les montagnes, elle se dit que la maison recèle peut-être le secret de son mal-être. Elle demande à son ancien petit ami de l'y accompagner. Ils découvrent une construction apparemment abandonnée. L'entrée a été condamnée. Toutes les horloges sont arrêtées à la même heure. Dans une chambre d'enfant, ils trouvent le journal intime d'un petit garçon et comprennent peu à peu que cette inquiétante demeure a été le théâtre d'événements tragiques...