The police detective in charge is baffled and turns to his friend Yukawa, a physics professor, for help. As a way of proving his devotion he creates an alibi that is perfect in just about every way. The neighbor, Ishigami, is a mathematics professor who is secretly in love with her. A woman is overheard by a neighbor when she kills her ex-husband. The plot seems simple yet is actually complex and puzzling. The saying, “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” probably best describes this book. If ever a novel deserved the accolades that have been heaped upon it, this is the one. The Devotion of Suspect X won Japan’s top literary award, the Naoki Prize, the equivalent of our National Book Award, and is a huge bestseller throughout Asia. One of that country’s most noted authors, Keigo Higashino, finally has one of his novels published in America and it is certain to open the floodgates for many more. The Japanese are true devotees of mysteries but regrettably few of their books get translated into English.
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