Keigo Higashino
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Kyoichiro Kaga mysteries volume 1
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English
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2023 Read Widely: East Asia
Found in Translation (SCPL)
OBD Mysteries Around the World - Adult
One Word Wonders (WPL-ADULT)
Found in Translation (SCPL)
OBD Mysteries Around the World - Adult
One Word Wonders (WPL-ADULT)
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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 alibis. Or so it seems. At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both...
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Detective Galileo mysteries volume 1
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English
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Yasuko Hanaoka thought she had escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day, the situation quickly escalates and Togashi ends up dead. Yasuko's next-door-neighbor Ishigami offers his help, not only disposing of the body, but plotting the cover-up as well.
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Kyoichiro Kaga mysteries volume 3
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English
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"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...
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"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 shutter. This seemingly simple request for advice sets the trio on a journey of discovery as, over the course of a single night, they step into the role of the kindhearted...
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Detective Galileo mysteries volume 3
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English
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"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...
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Detective Galileo mysteries volume 2
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English
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When a man about to leave his wife is found murdered and the wife has a too-convenient alibi that convinces a smitten lead detective of her innocence, Professor Manubu Yukawa is tapped by a concerned Kaoru Utsumi to solve a seemingly impossible case.
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In an abandoned building in 1973 in Osaka, the body of a murdered man is found. Working quietly and methodically, Detective Sagasaki discovers two people who appear to have clear links to the crime -- Ryo, the uncommunicative son of the dead man, and Yukiho, the charming daughter of the man principally in the frame for the murder. Decades pass. The murder remains unsolved. Ryo and Yukiho continue with their lives, disappearing and reappearing through...
11) Bei ju ren ou
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中文（繁體）
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The murder of a prominent family member occurs in their house, and then another yet the entire family has alibis that prove they're innocent.
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中文（繁體）
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I've never thought about killing people, but for you, I'd risk everything. When the hustle and bustle of the parade is over, I will draw the end of the silence with my own hands. No one doesn't love Saori, and no one thinks that Saori will "disappear" in this way. With a beautiful appearance and outstanding singing talent, she is the living sign of the family's izakaya "Namikiya", the most popular perfect girl in the Kikuno shopping street, and the...
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中文（繁體）
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Who created the monster? Maybe, everyone is an accomplice... Japan's sales exceeded 1.7 million copies! It was adapted into a movie three times, and the Japanese drama version was launched, starring Takeno Uchifeng! Keigo Higashino's most controversial work, exploring the truth of "justice" and detonating topic discussions! Even if the hands holding the blade are already bleeding, I will not stop. Because no matter if you go forward or backward, it's...
