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1) Newcomer
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Newly transferred to a precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo, Detective Kyochiro Kaga, while investigating the puzzling murder of a woman, soon discovers that nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi are suspects.
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Yasuko Hanaoka thought she had escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day, the situation quickly escalates and Togashi ends up dead. Yasuko's next-door-neighbor Ishigami offers his help, not only disposing of the body, but plotting the cover-up as well.
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Kyoichiro Kaga mysteries volume 4
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"From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the mystery of the disappearance and death of Detective Kaga's own mother. A decade ago, Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga went to collect the ashes of his recently deceased mother. Years before, she ran away from her husband and son without explanation or any further contact, only to die alone in an apartment far away, leaving her estranged son with...
4) Malice
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Acclaimed 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...
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340 pages ; 23 cm
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Un asesinato que parace imposible, tan meticuloso como terrible, cometido por unos motivos aún más estremecedores. La víctima, Yoshitaka Mashiba, un rico empresario de Tokio, muere un domingo cuando está solo en su casa. Ha sido asesinado con una taza de café envenenado. Estaba a punto de abandonar a su esposa, Ayane Mashiba, que se convierte en la principal sospechosa. Pero Ayane tiene una férrea e irrefutable coartada: cuando su esposo...
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"Tokio, hoy. Yasuko pensaba que por fin se había librado de su ex marido. Pero cuando éste aparece un día ante la puerta de su apartamento, la escena se complica y el ex marido es asesinado. Madre e hija lo han estrangulado. De pronto, Ishigami, el enigmático vecino de al lado, se ofrece a deshacer del cadáver y buscarles la coartada perfecta. Yasuko, desesperada, acepta de inmediato, pero al hacerlo da un giro inolvidable a esta fascinante historia."--...
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314 pages ; 20 cm
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"When three delinquents hole up in an abandoned general store after their most recent robbery, to their great surprise, a letter drops through the mail slot in the store's shutter. This seemingly simple request for advice sets the trio on a journey of discovery as, over the course of a single night, they step into the role of the kindhearted former shopkeeper who devoted his waning years to offering thoughtful counsel to his correspondents. Through...
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Detective Galileo novels volume 4
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"A popular young girl disappears without a trace, her skeletal remains discovered three years later in the ashes of a burned out house. There's a suspect and compelling circumstantial evidence of his guilt, but no concrete proof. When he isn't indicted, he returns to mock the girl's family. And this isn't the first time he's been suspected of the murder of a young girl, nearly twenty years ago he was tried and released due to lack of evidence. Detective...
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Kyoichiro Kaga mysteries volume 3
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"In the latest from international bestselling author Keigo Higashino, Tokyo Police Detective Kaga is faced with a very public murder that doesn't quite add up, a prime suspect unable to defend himself, and pressure from the highest levels for a quick solution. In the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo an unusual statue of a Japanese mythic beast - a kirin - stands guard over the district from the classic Nihonbashi bridge. In the evening, a man who appears...
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Detective Galileo novels volume 3
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358 pages ; 24 cm.
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"Manabu Yukawa, the physicist known as "Detective Galileo," has traveled to Hari Cove, a once-popular summer resort town that has fallen on hard times. He is there to speak at a conference on a planned underwater mining operation, which has sharply divided the town. One faction is against the proposed operation, concerned about the environmental impact on the area, known for its pristine waters. The other faction, seeing no future in the town as it...
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