But dogged detective Kyochiro Kaga isn’t so sure, and continues his investigation by sourcing leads deep into the accused’s past – giving rise to clues that his seemingly ironclad story might not be so reliable after all…
Early on in the story, he writes a tell-all confessional that seems to lay everything out with compelling clarity, making him seem a sympathetic character with relatable motivations in the eyes of the public. The identity of the murderer is made very clear from the start – what is less clear are his reasons for doing it.
Much like Higashino’s The Devotion of Suspect X, Malice isn’t a typical whodunit murder mystery, but rather, in this case, a whydunit, whose central mystery is encoded within the testimonials and journal entries of the perpetrator of the deed. Malice is one of the bestselling-the most acclaimed-novels in Keigo Higashino's series featuring police detective Kyoichiro Kaga, one of the most popular creations of the bestselling novelist in Asia.Malice is another intelligent mystery tome from Keigo Higashino one that uses the literary device of the unreliable narrator to excellent and unsettling effect. And if Kaga isn't able to uncover and prove why the murder was committed, then the truth may never come out. 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. But the question before Kaga isn't necessarily who, or how, but why. 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.Īs 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. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Or so it seems.Īt the crime scene, Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi.
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. 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.
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