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Bezig met laden... A Death in Tokyo (2011)door Keigo Higashino
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. My first Japanese mystery. Loved it, especially the picture of Japanese society in general and Tokyo specifically. Will definitely be looking for more! ( ) I really enjoy Keigo Higashino's mysteries. They are old-school whodunits with ingenious twists and likeable investigators that are reminiscent of Agatha Christie's detectives (Poirot, Marple, etc.) with their keen insight and deductive skills. In "A Death in Tokyo," a man staggers onto Nihonbashi Bridge and dies, a knife sticking out of his chest. The same night, a young man is involved in a traffic accident while feeling from police, and the dead man's wallet is in his possession. What is the connection between these two men, and what happened? In the ensuing investigation, police detective Kyoichiro Kaga is partnered with his cousin Shuhei Matsumiya. What they uncover takes them back in time, revealing old resentments and leading to a heartbreakingly tragic revelation. This is a solid mystery -- not as riveting as Higashino's Detective Galileo series, in my opinion -- but still very entertaining, nonetheless. very good Japanese mystery with two police detectives, set in contemporary Tokyo, in which Japanese ways of thinking help reveal the shape of the crime. my first encounter with this writer, this is the third in his Kyoichiro Kaga series translated into English, but i will be looking for more, and he has written many other mysteries too. This is another excellent police procedural by a favorite Japanese crime novelist. featuring detectives Kyoichiro Kaga and his cousin Shuhei Matsumiya. In the case to be solved, a man has dropped dead just after passing the police station, half-way across a bridge in a part of Tokyo in which he has not reason to be. Who is the man? Why was he there? Is the correct man arrested? The book has great pacing, and the clues keep arising, constantly turning the investigation (and our thoughts) in new directions. However, none of these felt like red herrings or unnecessary padding, and all led to an ultimately satisfying conclusion. Recommended. 3 stars Others I have read by ;the same author, also recommended: The Devotion of Suspect X; Salvation of a Saint; and Journey Under the Midnight Sun. I will be seeking out more. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Kyoichiro Kaga (8) Erelijsten
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Mystery.
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 to be very drunk staggers onto the bridge and collapses right under the statue of the winged beast. The patrolman who sees this scene unfold, goes to rouse the man, only to discover that the man was not passed out, he was dead; that he was not drunk, he was stabbed in the chest. However, where he died was not where the crime was committed-the key to solving the crime is to find out where he was attacked and why he made such a super human effort to carry himself to the Nihonbashi Bridge. That same night, a young man named Yashima is injured in a car accident while attempting to flee from the police. Found on him is the wallet of the murdered man. Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga is assigned to the team investigating the murder-and must bring his skills to bear to uncover what actually happened that night on the Nihonbashi bridge. What, if any, connection is there between the murdered man and Yashima, the young man caught with his wallet? Kaga's investigation takes him down dark roads and into the unknown past to uncover what really happened and why. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)895.63Literature Literature of other languages Asian (east and south east) languages Japanese Japanese fictionLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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