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The Devotion of Suspect X: A Detective Galileo Novel (Detective Galileo Series Book 1)

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Keigo Higashino・・Ended

Updated: February 28, 2012

Content length: 320 pages

language: English

Source: amazon

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Synopsis

Now a major motion picture on Netflix, Jaane Jaan This e-book now includes preview chapters from Higashino's newest mystery, SALVATION OF A SAINT. Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor. Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko's next door neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body but plotting the cover-up step-by-step. When the body turns up and is identified, Detective Kusanagi draws the case and Yasuko comes under suspicion. Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko's manufactured alibi and yet is still sure that there's something wrong. Kusanagi brings in Dr. Manabu Yukawa, a physicist and college friend who frequently consults with the police. Yukawa, known to the police by the nickname Professor Galileo, went to college with Ishigami. After meeting up with him again, Yukawa is convinced that Ishigami had something to do with the murder. What ensues is a high level battle of wits, as Ishigami tries to protect Yasuko by outmaneuvering and outthinking Yukawa, who faces his most clever and determined opponent yet.

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🔥Editors’ Pick — Why It Hooks You

This isn’t a whodunit—it’s an “unbreakable alibi” showdown. A brilliant math teacher engineers a flawless cover-up for his neighbor, only to face off against Professor Galileo, a physicist who can read the seams in any story. The pleasure is watching logic slice through lies while the mystery gathers unexpected emotional weight; by the end, devotion becomes the most dangerous variable. Award-winning (Naoki Prize) and widely praised, it’s a masterclass in puzzle-box plotting with a gut-punch of heart.