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Preview — The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
(Detective Galileo #3)
This story is so complete in itself that it doesn't need much of context but once…moreI would call it a 'stand out from any other thrillers in the market'.
This story is so complete in itself that it doesn't need much of context but once you finish reading the story you're sure to look forward to more of its kind.
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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, drawin...more
Tetsuya Ishigami’s daily schedule is precisely what one would expect of a Japane...more
Firstly this is originally a Japanese novel and has been translated into English. The translation is done pretty well and the flow of the story is really good.
Basic Plot: A crime is committed and then a plan is formed to cover-up the crime.
'What they needed was a perfect defense based on perfect logic.'
What happens when the investigation is bein...more
Watch my full review: https://youtu.be/_8bLtNauZyA
I wonder if the Hindi / Malayalam movie 'Drishyam' was inspired by this book. Enjoyed this immensely !
The premise of the story, as oft-repeated, is simple.
Yasu...more
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 t...more
& quite unlike anything else I have ever read.
This made me think of two intelligent people playing a game of chess. Shogi is also known as Japanese Chess
Impossible to review without spoilers, impossible to stop thinking about.
Thanks to real life friend Peter for pressing this in my hands,last time I was in the library.
Read it now.
Translator: You want to read this? Mwahahahaha. Eat mah shit!!!!!
Me:
Meh. Hmmm..okay. Ohh it’s getting interesting. Ayt. Who the fuck translated this??! Ohhh well. Still pretty good. Awesome. What.the.fuck. Ahhh!!! Ahhhhh!!! Whoah really??? Ahhhhhhh!!!! * welp* Whewwww. Wow. Whyyyyyy. Wow!!!
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A totally different spin...more
The Japanese setting is interesting. The book has good twists at the end, but the plot takes way too long to get there.
A young woman is shocked one day to find her ex-husband at her door. Little does she know, she will be caught up in a mysterious whirlwind of suspicion where no one is who they really seem. For...more
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I was excited that one of the mystery groups I belong to here on GR picked this as the June/July group read since the audio had been hanging around in my iPod for a couple of years. I had no idea of what to expect and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this, my first outing with a Japanese murder mystery.
I especially liked the cerebral nature of the story where we follow a police detective and his physicist/ professor friend Dr. Yukawa, aka Professor Galileo, as they try t...more
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 murd...more
Ishi...more
The plot was sooooooooo good! The twist in the last part was simply mind-blowing. It may seem like an ordinary murder case at the beginning. But when you continue reading, you will find out different aspects of this simple looking case and you just cannot guess the whole thing of y...more
Everything here is deceptive, including the modest reserve with which Higashino relays his tale. Those sleeves...more
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 started...more
My second book that I've read by Higashino and I love his writing. This one was even better than THE NAME OF THE GAME IS A KIDNAPPING, and I can see how readers who enjoyed THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X first might have been disappointed. This was masterfully done. Again, there's an adroit use of misdirection and again, I saw so many pieces, but one--a delightful twist.
This appealed to me, and while the mystery itself, the game is grea...more
After 'Murder of roger Ackroyd', 'And then there were none', Devotion of suspect has become top notch favourites in my 'mystery thriller list'.
Simple plot,
Clever execution,
Mind blowing deception,
culmination is a really 'Awe, what the fuck'.
Whodunit lovers! dont miss this..
WELL. This blew my mind. I read Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama recently and while I really liked it, it took me a long time to get to the point where I really liked it. This, on the other hand, I loved from basically page one.
I mean, I definitely did not expect to know from the very beginning who the murderer was and then see the story unfold as the police try to work out who the murderer is and the murderer nervously waits to see if they'll be cau...more
Mr. Ishigami is a genius with calculations and the cover up is a mathematical problem to him. How to pull off the pe...more
The characters in this novel are interesting, especially the mathematician, Ishigami. He is a genius who would rather spend his time solving complex...more
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One of the Oxford dictionary's definition for devotion is 'love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person or activity', and the popular synonyms are 'loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity, trueness, staunchness' and that is what this thriller is all about .
Enduring the guilt is a way of doing penance
As a voracious reader, i have read quite a few books under mystery/detective genre but this books stands truly apart. When i started this book, i thought it might be whodunnit but by the end of first chapter we know, what has been done and who has done.. And it is all about hiding the construction of alibi.
Yasuko Hanaoka who is a divorced mother working in a box lunch shop. She left her old life as a hostess behind and is trying to live a quiet ex
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Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago...more
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This e-book now includes preview chapters from Higashino's newest mystery, SALVATION OF A SAINT.
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 comes under suspicion. Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko's manufactured alibi and yet is still sure that there's something wrong. Kusanagi brings in Dr. Manabu Yukawa, a physicist and college friend who frequently consults with the police. Yukawa, known to the police by the nickname Professor Galileo, went to college with Ishigami. After meeting up with him again, Yukawa is convinced that Ishigami had something to do with the murder. What ensues is a high level battle of wits, as Ishigami tries to protect Yasuko by outmaneuvering and outthinking Yukawa, who faces his most clever and determined opponent yet.
Publication Details
- Publisher:
- St. Martin's Press
- Imprint:
- Minotaur Books
- Publication Date:
- 2011
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Keigo Higashino (Author)
Born in Osaka and currently living in Tokyo, Keigo Higashino is one of the most widely known and bestselling novelists in Japan. He is the winner of the Edogawa Rampo Prize (for best mystery), the Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. Prize (for best mys...