Keigo Higashino is een van de populairste en bestverkopende fictieauteurs van Japan, bekend om zijn meesterlijke mix van spanning en psychologische diepgang. Zijn verhalen duiken vaak in de complexiteit van menselijke relaties en morele dilemma's, waarbij hij de lezers tot het einde toe boeit. Higashino wordt geprezen om zijn onverwachte plotwendingen en inzichtelijke analyses van de menselijke conditie. Het aanzienlijke aantal film- en televisiebewerkingen van zijn romans getuigt van hun brede aantrekkingskracht en dramatische resonantie.
Analytische annotatie: Wanneer een alleenstaande moeder door haar vervelende ex-man wordt gestalkt, vermoordt ze hem uit wanhoop waarna haar buurman haar helpt de sporen uit te wissen en een sluitend alibi te creëren.
When three delinquents hole up in an abandoned general store after theirmost recent robbery, to their great surprise, a letter drops through the mailslot in the store's shutter. This seemingly simple request for advicesets the trio on a journey of discovery as, over the course of a singlenight, they step into the role of the kindhearted former shopkeeper whodevoted his waning years to offering thoughtful counsel to hiscorrespondents. Through the lens of time, they share insight withthose seeking guidance, and by morning, none of their lives will ever be thesame. By acclaimed author Keigo Higashino, The Miracles of the Namiya GeneralStore is a work that has touched the hearts of readers around theworld.
The latest installment in the Detective Galileo series presents a captivating mystery that promises to engage readers with its intricate plot and compelling characters. Renowned for his clever storytelling, Keigo Higashino weaves a narrative filled with suspense and unexpected twists, ensuring a satisfying experience for fans of the genre. As Detective Galileo tackles a new case, the story unfolds with intriguing clues and thought-provoking themes, making it a must-read for mystery enthusiasts.
An enduring epic mystery by the million-copy cult Japanese bestseller and author of The Devotion of Suspect X. A twenty-year-old murder A chain of unsolvable mysteries Can one detective solve this epic riddle? 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 of The Devotion of Suspect X.
THE WAGES OF CYNICISM A battle-tested project leader at PR firm Cyberplan and a slippery bachelor, Sakuma is smug self-regard personified. But when his idea for a mini-theme park is dismissed as vacuous by client Nissei Auto, he’s met his match: Katsuragi, an heir and executive at the global carmaker who believes life is but a game. Once the man’s daughter teams up with Sakuma in a bid to come into her inheritance sooner rather than later…it’s time for a good ol’ kidnapping!
From Japanese crime writer Keigo Higashino, who has sold over a million copies in Japan, The Final Curtain is the fourth and final instalment in the Detective Kaga series
'An intriguing mashup of police procedural and golden age puzzle mystery' Guardian International bestseller Keigo Higashino returns with his latest mindbender - Newcomer - as newly transferred Tokyo Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga is assigned to a baffling murder. Detective Kyochiro 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 culprit 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. This is the second appearance in English of Police detective Kyochiro Kaga, the protagonist of the critically acclaimed Malice. 'Detective Kaga pursues the case of a murdered woman from suspect to suspect, through a nostalgia- tinged Tokyo of family-run shops and Ginza bar girls. Clever and charming' Sunday Times
Bestselling Japanese crime writer Keigo Higashino returns with another compelling and complex mystery that can only be solved by Detective Galileo, the much loved sleuth introduced in The Devotion of Suspect X, The Salvation of a Saint and A Midsummer's Equation
When a man's body is discovered at the base of some cliffs in the small resort town of Hari Cove, the police at first suspect a tragic accident, a misstep that cost the man his life. However, when the victim is found to have been a former policeman and that the cause of death was actually carbon monoxide poisoning, they begin a murder investigation. Manabu Yukawa, the physicist known as 'Detective Galileo', is in Hari Cove to speak at a conference on a planned underwater mining operation, and finds himself drawn into the case. Did the murder have something to do with the fight of the small community to rebuild itself, or does it have its roots in the town's history? In a series of twists as complex and surprising as any in Higashino's brilliant, critically acclaimed work, Yukawa uncovers the hidden relationship behind the tragic events that led to this murder.
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
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.
From the bestselling Japanese author of The Devotion of Suspect X comes Malice, the most acclaimed novel in Higashino's outstanding Detective Kaga series.
In this mind-bending sequel from the international bestselling author Keigo Higashino, Tokyo Police Detective Kaga finds himself forced to try and makes sense of a most unusual murder.
娘の小学校受験が終わったら離婚する。そう約束した仮面夫婦の二人。彼等に悲報が届いたのは、面接試験の予行演習の直前だった。娘がプールで溺れた―。病院に駆けつけた二人を待っていたのは残酷な現実。そして医師からは、思いもよらない選択を迫られる。過酷な運命に苦悩する母親。その愛と狂気は成就するのか―。
Vier gutsituierte Ehepaare mieten sich einen Privatlehrer, um ihren Sprößlingen den Weg durch die japanische Prüfungshölle zu erleichtern. Das Seminar findet in ruhiger, beinahe idyllischer Umgebung statt, im direkt am Himegami-See gelegenen Ferienhaus des reichen Arztes und Krankenhausdirektors Fujima. Doch der Schein, wie anders, trügt. Die Kinder sind nicht alle gleich begabt, und die Eltern, angeführt vom gewieften Fujima, haben gewisse Sicherheitsmaßnahmen ergriffen: Nachhilfestunden höchst unkonventioneller Art. Geld spielt eine Rolle. Und mehr. Shunsuke Namiki, der sich verspätet der Gruppe zugesellt, weiß von all dem nichts. Seine Gedanken kreisen weniger um seine Frau Minako und das schulische Fortkommen seines Stiefsohns, sondern um die Frage, ob seine Mitarbeiterin und Geliebte Eriko Takashina Beweise für einen Seitensprung Minakos gefunden hat. Namikis Ziel heißt Scheidung. Das Eltern-Kinder-Idyll wird vollends zerstört, als die schöne, große, langhaarige Eriko den versammelten Ehepaaren einen unerwarteten Besuch abstattet – einen Besuch, den sie mit dem Leben bezahlen muß.
都内で起きた不可解な連続殺人事件。容疑者もターゲットも不明。残された暗号から判明したのは、次の犯行場所が一流ホテル・コルテシア東京ということのみ。若き刑事・新田浩介は、ホテルマンに化けて潜入捜査に就くことを命じられる。彼を教育するのは、女性フロントクラークの山岸尚美。次から次へと怪しげな客たちが訪れる中、二人は真相に辿り着けるのか!?いま幕が開く傑作新シリーズ。
Auf dem Weg zum Traualtar bricht der Drehbuchautor Makoto tot zusammen. Die Verdächtigen sind sein Manager, der Bruder der Braut und seine Lektorin. Jeder von ihnen behauptet: »Ich habe ihn getötet.« Und Kommissar Kaga steht vor einem schier unlösbaren Rätsel: Ein Mord, drei geständige Verdächtige und kein Hinweis auf den Täter. Der Drehbuchautor Makoto ist ein skrupelloser Karrierist. Am Abend vor seiner Hochzeit mit der gefeierten Lyrikerin Miwako wird eine Tote im Garten seines Anwesens gefunden. Es ist seine Ex-Freundin, die er für Miwako verlassen hat. Aus Trauer über Makotos gebrochenes Heiratsversprechen hat sie sich vergiftet. Mit Hilfe seines Managers lässt Makoto die Leiche verschwinden. Doch am folgenden Tag bricht Makoto selbst vor dem Traualtar tot zusammen. Der Braut kommt ein fürchterlicher Verdacht: Der Täter muss Makotos Medikamente unbemerkt gegen das Gift ausgetauscht haben, das die Tote bei sich trug. Und dazu hatten nur Makotos engste Freunde Gelegenheit. Verzweifelt schaltet sie Kommissar Kaga ein.
일본 추리소설계를 대표하는 최고의 베스트셀러 작가 히가시노 게이고가 2015년, 데뷔 30주년 기념작으로 선보인 작품. 가도카와 쇼텐 출판사 창립 70주년 기념작이기도 한 이번 작품은 제31회 에도가와란포상을 수상한 데뷔작 <방과 후> 이후 통산 80번째 단행본이다. 그동안 히가시노 게이고는 치밀한 트릭과 반전이 빛나는 본격 추리소설부터 우리 시대의 문제점을 파고든 사회파 작품, 서스펜스, 판타지, SF에 이르기까지 다양한 장르를 오가며 미스터리의 경계를 넓혀왔다. 특히 이공계 출신의 추리소설가라는 독특한 이력을 가진 그는 첨단 과학이나 의학과 같은 주제를 논리적으로 짜 넣은 미스터리를 선보였으며, 과학적.사회적 변화들에 따른 정체성의 문제, 범죄의 심리, 어딘가 한 면이 일그러진 가족 관계나 사랑의 비극과 복수의 고통이라는 주제들에 많은 관심을 기울였다. 이번 소설은 나비에 스토크스 방정식과 라플라스 이론 등 물리학.수리학의 난제들 및 신비로운 뇌의학의 세계, SF적 상상력 그리고 황화수소를 이용한 교묘한 범죄에 얽힌 주인공들의 가족사와 그들의 사랑과 복수를 응축해 담아냄으로써 일본 평단과 독자들로부터 히가시노 게이고 30년 미스터리의 집대성이라는 평을 받고 있다. 이야기는 돌연한 토네이도가 모녀를 덮친 재난에서 시작한다. 어린 마도카를 살리고 엄마가 목숨을 잃은 그날, 뇌의학계의 권위자인 아버지 우하라 박사는 한 소년의 수술 일정이 잡혀 화를 면한다. 그로부터 8년 뒤, 전직 경찰 다케오는 경호 업무 일로 찾아간 수리학 연구소에서 마도카를 지켜달라는 의뢰를 받는데….
脳移植手術を受けた青年にしのびよる灰色の恐怖。君を愛したいのに、愛する気持が消えてゆく…。
バレエ団の事務員が自宅マンションのバルコニーから転落、死亡した。事件は自殺で処理の方向に向かっている。だが、同じマンションに住む元プリマ・バレリーナのもとに一人の刑事がやってきた。彼女には殺人動機はなく、疑わしい点はなにもないはずだ。ところが...。人間の悲哀を描く新しい形のミステリー。
1度限りの大トリック!劇中の殺人は真実か?俳優志願の男女7人、殺人劇の恐怖の結末。早春の乗鞍高原のペンションに集まったのは、オーディションに合格した男女7名。これから舞台稽古が始まる。豪雪に襲われ孤立した山荘での殺人劇だ。だが、1人また1人と現実に仲間が消えていくにつれ、彼らの間に疑惑が生まれた。はたしてこれは本当に芝居なのか? 驚愕の終幕が読者を待っている!
雨村慎介は何者かに襲われ、頭に重傷を負う。犯人の人形職人は、慎介が交通事故で死なせた女性の夫だった。怪我の影響で記憶を失った慎介が事故について調べ始めると、周囲の人間たちは不穏な動きを見せ始める。誰が嘘をつき、誰を陥れようとしているのか。やがて慎介の前に妖しい魅力に満ちた謎の女が現れる。女の正体は、人形職人が甦らせた最愛の妻なのか?
Roman - Der Wohlfühlroman aus dem Literaturland Japan – bewegend, inspirierend und wunderschön.
Der Feelgood-Bestseller aus dem Literaturland Japan – bewegend, inspirierend und wunderschön. In einem entlegenen Shinto-Schrein nahe Tokio findet ein geheimnisvolles Ritual statt: Während der Neumondnächte darf ein einzelner Gast mit einer Kerze das Innere eines hohlen Baumes betreten – und an diesem Ort eine Erinnerung hinterlassen. Diese besitzt die Kraft, die Zukunft eines Mitglieds seiner Familie zu verändern. Der junge Reito kennt das Geheimnis des Schreins zuerst nicht. Doch indem er beobachtet, welche Wunder des Nachts im Inneren des Baumes geschehen, erfährt auch er mehr über sich selbst, seine Herkunft und was es bedeutet, einer Familie anzugehören ... Eine inspirierende Geschichte über drei zerbrochene Familien, die wieder ganz werden. Nach »Kleine Wunder um Mitternacht« der neue Roman des japanischen Bestsellerautors.
