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* A New York Times Editors Choice *. "Part Sherlock Holmes, part Harry Bosch, Higashinos hero is a quietly majestic force to be reckoned with." - Kirkus Reviews (starred) . 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 isnt 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 womans 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.
About the Author
(Japanese) (Traditional Chinese) (Thai) Keigo Higashino () is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan - as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA. 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 H?kago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo. In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel (The Secret) , which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for . His novels had been nominated five times before winning with this novel. was the second highest selling book in all of Japan - fiction or nonfiction - the year it was published, with over 800,000 copies sold. It won the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel - the Japanese equivalent of the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Made into a motion picture in Japan, spent 4 weeks at the top of the box office and was the third highest?grossing film of the year. Higashino's novels have more movie and TV series adaptations than Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, and as many as Michael Crichton.
