Keigo Higashino

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. Als ihn die erstaunten Kleinkriminellen öffnen, beginnt eine unglaubliche Geschichte, die...

When Yasuko Hanaoka's life finally returns to normal, her abusive ex-husband Togashi reenters her life, this time demanding money. When his extortion attempt turns violent, a neighbor, mathematics teacher Ishigami, intervenes and Togashi is killed. Soon thereafter, the body is discovered and Detective Kusanagi begins to home in on Yasuko as the culprit.

"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. Detective...

Newly transferred to a precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo, Detective Kyochiro Kaga, while investigating the puzzling murder of a woman, soon discovers that nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi are suspects.

"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...

"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...