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Malice

Higashino, Keigo, 1958-2014
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Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is 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, in 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. Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best friend from years ago when they were both teachers. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi became a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. When Kaga suspects something is a little bit off with Nonoguchi's statement, he investigates further, ultimately executing a search warrant on Nonoguchi's apartment. There he finds evidence that shows that the two writers' relationship was very different than they claimed... In a brilliantly realized tale of cat and mouse, the detective and the writer battle over the truth of the past and how events that led to the murder really unfolded. Which one of the two writers was ultimately guilty of malice?
Main title:
Malice / Keigo Higashino ; translated by Alexander O.Smith with Elye Alexander.
Work:
Edition:
First English edition.
Imprint:
London : Little, Brown, 2014.London : Little, Brown, 2014.©2014
Collation:
281 pages ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
First published in Japan as Akui, by Kodansha.--from title page verso.Translated from the Japanese.
Shelving notes:
33992 0000030398 1 25-09-2014 99 Reviewed Readings Monthly nyctro 29-09-2014 7
ISBN:
9781408705858 (paperback)9780349140520
Dewey class:
895.636
Language:
EnglishJapanese
Added title:
BRN:
11812
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Kathleen Syme CarltonFictionHIGAIn-transit from Kathleen Syme Carlton to Library at the Dock (Set: 06 Jul 2026)
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