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A Japanese puzzle mystery I actually managed to figure out!

Newcomer (Kyoichiro Kaga, #2) by Keigo Higashino

February 11, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Last year I read Malice, the first book from this series translated into English, and it was so twisty and intriguing, I knew I had to read everything else translated into English by this author. And this second book bodes well. Though I didn’t find it as impactful as Malice, this book makes it clear that Higashino likes to play around with format and do new things with story structure in his books (and tone! this book is much less fucked up than Malice was). […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Detective Kyoichiro Kaga, japanese, Japanese mystery, japanese puzzle mystery, Keigo Higashino, Kyoichiro Kaga, Newcomer, translated

narfna's CBR15 Review No:24 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Detective Kyoichiro Kaga, japanese, Japanese mystery, japanese puzzle mystery, Keigo Higashino, Kyoichiro Kaga, Newcomer, translated ·
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