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“Which is harder: devising an unsolvable problem, or solving that problem?”

The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) by Keigo Higashino

November 24, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

I feel like this author and I are just jamming together on the same vibe. I’ve seen other people’s reviews and YouTube reactions/book club live shows and my reactions are so different to theirs. I really feel like I just fall into this author’s worlds and just let him shamelessly manipulate me exactly the way he wants and it’s hard for me to imagine not being enthralled by what’s happening. They’re all like ‘meh,’ and I’m like what are you talking about?!??? This particular tome […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Detective Galileo, Japanese literature, japanese puzzle mystery, Keigo Higashino, mystery, narfna, puzzle mystery, The Devotion of Suspect X

narfna's CBR15 Review No:141 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Detective Galileo, Japanese literature, japanese puzzle mystery, Keigo Higashino, mystery, narfna, puzzle mystery, The Devotion of Suspect X ·
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Elementary, my dear.

March 17, 2017 by ingres77 2 Comments

Yoshitake Mashiba is the CEO of a Tokyo company, and despite being married to the “perfect wife”, he wants to end the marriage because she can’t provide him with children. He has put everything in his personal life on hold until he accomplishes this, his one and only goal. Needless to say, he isn’t a particularly sympathetic character. Ayame, his wife, leaves town to visit her family, and Yoshitake dies suddenly, two days later, from poisoned coffee. Though she has a motive, her alibi is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Detective Galileo, Japanese fiction, Keigo Higashino, Salvation of a Saint, The Devotion of Suspect X

ingres77's CBR9 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Detective Galileo, Japanese fiction, Keigo Higashino, Salvation of a Saint, The Devotion of Suspect X ·
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