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PublisherMacmillan Audio

ISBN-101427244316

ISBN-139781427244314

eBay Product ID (ePID)202486893

Product Key Features

Publication Year2014

Book TitleMalice : a Mystery

TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime, Mystery & Detective / General

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorAlexander O. Smith

Book SeriesThe Kyoichiro Kaga Ser.

FormatCompact Disc

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 In.

Item Length5.9 In.

Item Width5.1 In.

Item Weight6.4 Oz

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Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsThe creator of Detective Galileo (Salvation of a Saint, 2012, etc.) returns with another fiendishly clever Chinese--make that Japanese--box of a whydunit... If you still miss the days of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd , you can't do better than this fleet, inventive retro puzzler., Keigo Higashino again proves his mastery of the diabolical puzzle mystery with Malice, a story with more turns, twists, switchbacks and sudden stops than a Tokyo highway during Golden Week., This smart and original mystery is a true page-turner... will baffle, surprise, and draw out suspicion until the final few pages. With each book, Higashino continues to elevate the modern mystery as an intense and inventive literary form., Fiendishly clever... Higashino offers one twist after another... Readers will marvel at the artful way the plot builds to the solution., Keigo Higashino combines Dostoyevskian psychological realism with classic detective-story puzzles reminiscent of Agatha Christie and E.C. Bentley., "David Pittu, a stage-trained actor, uses a variety of textures, tones and tempos - and just the hint of a Japanese accent - to give each character a voice of his or her own." - The New York Times Book Review "On audio, the work is enhanced by the narration of David Pittu, who is one of the best performers with a broad range and a long list of accomplishments... He is superbly talented, thinking through each character's voice and demeanor. He never trips over difficult Japanese words... The performance is without flaw." - Reviewing the Evidence "Pittu reads the mystery, using blunt and confident tones to portray Mashiba and more quavering emotional inflections for Mita... Give this to listeners who enjoyed Higashino's The Devotion of Suspect X ." - Booklist "David Pittu turns in a stellar reading, deftly transitioning between the principles and providing defining intonations for each. The plot is so intricate it will keep you guessing until the end." - The Star-Ledger "Narrator David Pittu gives an impeccable performance, brushed with just a whisper of a foreign accent." - BookPage, "Keigo Higashino combines Dostoyevskian psychological realism with classic detective-story puzzles reminiscent of Agatha Christie and E.C. Bentley." -- Wall Street Journal "Keigo Higashino again proves his mastery of the diabolical puzzle mystery with Malice, a story with more turns, twists, switchbacks and sudden stops than a Tokyo highway during Golden Week." -- The New York Times Book Review "This smart and original mystery is a true page-turner... will baffle, surprise, and draw out suspicion until the final few pages. With each book, Higashino continues to elevate the modern mystery as an intense and inventive literary form." -- Library Journal (starred review) "Fiendishly clever... Higashino offers one twist after another... Readers will marvel at the artful way the plot builds to the solution." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "The creator of Detective Galileo (Salvation of a Saint, 2012, etc.) returns with another fiendishly clever Chinese--make that Japanese--box of a whydunit... If you still miss the days of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd , you can't do better than this fleet, inventive retro puzzler." -- Kirkus Reviews

Series Volume Number1

Number of Volumes6 vols.

IllustratedYes

Edition DescriptionUnabridged edition

SynopsisAcclaimed 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 teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. As Kaga investigates, he eventually uncovers evidence that indicates that the two writers' relationship was very different that they claimed, that they were anything but best friends. But the question before Kaga isn't necessarily who, or how, but why. In a brilliantly realized tale of cat and mouse, the detective and the killer battle over the truth of the past and how events that led to the murder really unfolded. And if Kaga isn't able to uncover and prove why the murder was committed, then the truth may never come out. Malice is one of the bestselling--the most acclaimed--novel in Keigo Higashino's series featuring police detective Kyochiro Kaga, one of the most popular creations of the bestselling novelist in Asia., International bestseller and Edgar Award finalist Keigo Higashino, author of The Devotion of Suspect X, returns with one of his most challenging and dazzling mysteries ever.