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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...

On the Nihonbashi Bridge in Tokyo stands the statue of a mythic beast - a kirin. One evening a man staggers onto the bridge and collapses beneath the winged creature. The patrolman on watch goes to rouse the man, who he presumes to be drunk - only to discover that the man had been stabbed in the chest. He is dead. Meanwhile, a young man named Yashima is injured in a car accident nearby while trying to flee from the police. Found on him is the wallet of the murdered man.

“From exactly midnight until daybreak, the Namiya General Store advice box will be reopening for one night only.” 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...

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 20 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.

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, 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 nor friends have any idea why she would have gone there.

Manabu Yukawa, the physicist known as "Detective Galileo," has traveled to Hariguara, 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...

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.

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...

IL CAPOLAVORO DI UNO DEI MAGGIORI AUTORI DEL SOL LEVANTE, UN BESTSELLER DEFINITO IL DELITTO E CASTIGO GIAPPONESE. 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.

Takashi et Tomohiko, deux amis proches qui ont fait leurs études ensemble, travaillent au sein d’une entreprise spécialisée dans la réalité virtuelle et mènent des recherches sur le cerveau et la mémoire. Un jour, Tomohiko présente à Takashi sa petite amie, Mayuko. Takashi est abasourdi : lorsqu'il était étudiant, il apercevait tous les jours Mayuko dans le train d’en face à la gare. Tombé amoureux d’elle, il ne l’avait pourtant jamais abordée. Et voilà qu’un matin, lorsque Takashi se réveille, Mayuko lui prépare le petit-déjeuner comme si elle était sa petite amie.

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...

"Part Sherlock Holmes, part Harry Bosch, Higashino's hero is a quietly majestic force to be reckoned with." —Kirkus, starred review International bestseller Keigo Higashino returns with his latest mindbender—Newcomer— as newly transferred Tokyo Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga is assigned to...

Une famille perd ses deux enfants dans un tremblement de terre. Les parents décident d’avoir un autre enfant pour survivre à cette perte. Quinze ans plus tard, une femme est assassinée dans son salon de thé à Tokyo. À la même époque, Matsumiya, que les lecteurs ont rencontré dans “Les Doigts rouges”, reçoit un appel d’une femme qui lui dit qu’elle est sa demi-soeur. Ces trois faits sont-ils liés ? Et de quelle façon ?

Es ist kurz vor Mitternacht, als drei junge Einbrecher in einen verlassenen Gemischtwarenladen eindringen, um nach ihrem Raubzug unterzutauchen. Doch Atsuya, Shota und Kohei wird keine ruhige Stunde bis zum Morgengrauen gewährt: Ein Brief wird von außen durch einen Schlitz in den Laden geworfen, obwohl in der Dunkelheit vor der Tür kein Mensch zu sehen ist.

Während der Neumondnächte darf ein einzelner Gast mit einer Kerze das Innere eines hohlen Baumes betreten – und an diesem Ort eine Erinnerung hinterlassen. 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.

Dopo il suicidio del cugino, Lino cerca rifugio nel giardino del nonno, tra coltivazioni di fiori rari e profumi familiari. Affascinata dal suo mondo, gli propone di creare un blog per raccontarlo. Il nonno accetta, ma con un'unica condizione: non pubblicare nulla su un certo fiore giallo che Lino ha notato in casa sua. Pochi giorni dopo, lui è morto. E il fiore è sparito. Spinta da un'ossessione crescente, Lino infrange la promessa e pubblica una foto del fiore.