Keigo Higashino Archives

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino, translated by Sam Bett [in Booklist]

21 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Best known for his brainy death-and-destruction mystery series featuring Detective Galileo and Detective Kaga, who have successfully arrived Stateside from Japan, Keigo Higashino reveals a softer side to his prolific imagination here. The Namiya General Store has been closed for decades, but three delinquent young men...

Five More to Go: Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise [in The Booklist Reader]

10 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, British Asian, Fiction, Filipina/o American, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese, Korean, Korean American, Lists, Pakistani, Repost, South Asian, Translation

Trust Exercise by Susan Choi “That whole thing about fiction not being the truth is a lie,” one character admonishes another in Susan Choi’s fifth (and finest) novel. Returning to the multilayered teacher-student power struggles that were seared into My Education (2013), Trust Exercise immediately puts...

14 Japanese Thrillers in Translation [in The Booklist Reader]

31 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Lists, Repost, Translation

Mysteries and thrillers make up a sizable portion of the Japanese literary market. Thanks to the international success of Keigo Higashino, Natsuo Kirino, and Miyuki Miyabe – and, just as importantly, their translators – contemporary Japanese crime fiction proliferates on Western shelves. Below is a list...

A Midsummer’s Equation [Detective Galileo 3] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith [in Library Journal]

07 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

The third installment of Keigo Higashino's Japan-set Detective Galileo series (after Salvation of a Saint) lands stateside, with plenty of didn't-see-that-coming surprises to keep listeners entranced straight to the end. Brilliant and eccentric physicist Manabu Yukawa – called Detective Galileo because of the sharp, unexpected...

Malice [Detective Kaga series] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye Alexander

06 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Translation

Just before Kumihiko Hidaka is to move from Tokyo to Vancouver, he's found in his home office ...

The Salvation of a Saint [Detective Galileo 2] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander

05 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Translation

Just like last year's The Devotion of Suspect X, mega-award winning Keigo Higashino will expertly manipulate you, making you constantly rethink your suspicions. While the final exposition might not be as drop-jaw shocking as Devotion, Salvation is still unquestionably an addictive page-turner, enticingly paced to keep you reading...

The Devotion of Suspect X [Detective Galileo 1] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander

11 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Translation

I had quite the challenging training day on Tuesday – five hours of driving to the mountains and back, with 5.5 hours running up and down two summits in the rain, rain, rain – but the miles couldn't have gone faster thanks to Suspect X stuck in my...

Naoko by Keigo Higashino, translated by Kerim Yasar [in AsianWeek]

08 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Japanese, Repost, Translation

Naoko The looming question at the end of this fantastical novel is: “Is she or isn’t she?” Naoko and her young daughter Monami are one of the few to survive a horrific bus crash. But Naoko is fatally...

BookDragon Keigo Higashino Tag

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino, translated by Sam Bett [in Booklist]

Five More to Go: Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise [in The Booklist Reader]

14 Japanese Thrillers in Translation [in The Booklist Reader]

A Midsummer’s Equation [Detective Galileo 3] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith [in Library Journal]

Malice [Detective Kaga series] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye Alexander

The Salvation of a Saint [Detective Galileo 2] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander

The Devotion of Suspect X [Detective Galileo 1] by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander

Naoko by Keigo Higashino, translated by Kerim Yasar [in AsianWeek]

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