Malice - Softcover

Keigo Higashino

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349140529 ISBN 13: 9780349140520

Publisher: Abacus, 2015

Synopsis

Malice

About this title

About the Author:

Keigo Higashino was born in Osaka. He started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize for writing at age 27, and subsequently quit his job to start a career as a writer in Tokyo.

Review:

The story has more twists & turns than the Tokyo metro and proves that Higashino is a master of the form. * Independent on Sunday on MALICE * 'A thriller of subtle sorts...written with an extreme sense of ease, flow and sensitivity.' * Asian Age * A psychological thriller of the highest order...Each time Higashino makes a revelation, he quickly pulls the carpet from under one's feet, fueling the reader to finish the book as quickly as possible. * Singapore Straits Times on Malice * A detective story about writers is often particularly satisfying, and this one is no exception...The plot is satisfyingly twisty and gathers pace as the revelations come thicker, faster, and more and more unexpected. * Sydney Morning Herald on Malice * The creator of Detective Galileo returns with another fiendishly clever Chinese - make that Japanese - box of a whydunit....Each time you're convinced Higashino's wrung every possible twist out of his golden-age setup, he comes up with a new one. 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 on Malice * Intricate... At the outset, [Higashino's] approach seems unsettling, but the Edgar nominee knows his business; Malice soon becomes awfully hard to put down. * Booklist * Smart and original...a true page turner...Higashino continues to elevate the modern mystery as an intense and inventive literary form. * Library Journal **Starred Review** on Malice * Keigo Higashino combines Dostoyevskian psychological realism with classic detective-story puzzles reminiscent of Agatha Christie and E.C. Bentley. * Wall Street Journal on Malice * An exceptional study of the psychology of murder as well as a skilfully plotted narrative. * Independent on Malice * 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. * New York Times * As fiendishly clever as The Devotion of Suspect X...Higashino offers one twist after another, all of which touch on the theme suggested by the book's title. Readers will marvel at the artful way the plot builds to the solution of Hidaka's murder. * Publishers Weekly on Malice *

About this edition

• Publisher: Abacus
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0349140529
• ISBN 13: 9780349140520
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 313