Top 10 Best Books by Author Higashino Keigo

'Dream Prophet' is one of the renowned works by author Higashino Keigo - a leading Japanese detective novelist. The book tells the story of a journalist named Kosaka, who possesses the ability to prophesy dreams. Kosaka uses his ability to help others and becomes a celebrity.

However, things take a complex turn when Kosaka starts having peculiar dreams about a murder case. While trying to unravel the case, Kosaka discovers that everything is not as simple as he thought. The book provides readers with tense and captivating moments, following Kosaka's investigation and solving mysteries, while offering insightful conclusions about human psychology.

Higashino Keigo has crafted an excellent detective story, blending psychology and dramatic elements, taking readers from one surprise to another. 'Dream Prophet' has been translated into many languages and is regarded as one of Higashino Keigo's outstanding works.

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Hirasule's life was tranquil until a horrifying traffic accident took away his beloved wife, leaving his daughter in a comatose state. Yet, overnight, the daughter awakens and insists she is Naoko, Hirasule's wife. It seems Naoko's soul has entered the daughter's body, and Monami, the daughter, is truly gone. Did Hirasuke lose his wife or daughter in that accident?

Naoko's Secret won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1999 and stands as one of Higashino Keigo's most significant works, solidifying his position as a master of 20th-century Japanese mystery fiction.

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'Coming up with an extremely difficult problem and solving that problem, which is harder?'

When detective Kusanagi rings the doorbell of the main suspect in a new case, he doesn't know he's about to face a hidden genius. Little does Kusanagi suspect that a casual remark of his would draw in his close friend, Manabu Yukawa, a talented physicist, into the case. What's even more astonishing is that the seemingly elementary case is like a simple algebra problem, yet when X is revealed, it brings no happiness to anyone…

With a crisp and unpretentious style, Higashino Keigo delivers more than a typical mystery novel. The depiction of the crime isn't the most appealing aspect here; it's the internal struggles, peculiar relationships, and the deep care for humanity. The work earned Higashino Keigo the 134th Naoki Prize, a prestigious literary award in Japan, comparable to the Akutagawa Prize.

“Behind the Suspect X captivates readers because it's very different from typical detective novels. Instead of focusing on describing the crime, the novel emphasizes the human aspect, the strange relationships, and the unfortunate circumstances of each character. What's even more interesting is that this humanistic story is portrayed from the rational perspective of mathematics and physics.”

- Sophia Lee – Phoenix Plume

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One autumn day, young police officer Shinichi, on his way to the train station for work, encounters a madman massacring people on the street. He is fatally attacked with a sword.

Decades later, the old man Shuji living alone in a small apartment is also murdered. Nothing is missing from the property except for a mysterious unnamed flower pot.

Determined to uncover the cause of her grandfather's death, Rino patiently follows every small and seemingly meaningless clue to unravel the secret of the missing flower pot. Little does she know that she is unwittingly entangled in a dreadful curse that has lasted for over a hundred years: “those who pursue the imaginary flower will sooner or later destroy themselves.”

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Kosuke, the owner of a pawnshop, was murdered in an unfinished house, and a million yen he carried was stolen. A month later, suspect Fumiyo, believed to have a romantic relationship with the victim, was found dead in her home due to gas poisoning. The murder case went cold and was abandoned. However, for two eleven-year-old children, the victim's son and the suspect's daughter, the case from that year never truly ended. Surviving and growing up in the shadow of their parents' deaths, Ryoji, longing for a chance to walk under the sunlight, and Yukiho, struggling to break free from the perpetual white night.

At eleven years old, two lost souls without a family or a place to lean on, they meet. Carrying immense childhood scars, Yukiho grows up, searching for a ray of light for herself. Yet, the pain persists, burning silently and endlessly. No one beside her, except for Ryoji. Ryoji protects her in his own way, using evil to counter evil. No one is awake enough to shelter, love, and soothe the pain of both Yukiho and Ryoji properly, leading the two children to delve deeper into crime. Amidst the white night, the two lean on each other, seeking light, but they seem to move in the opposite direction, forever unable to find an escape. But is it truly the children going astray, or are the adults in society the ones going astray, leaving them behind?

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A chance encounter with the boy Esaki Kyohei on a train led Yukawa Manabu, a physicist associate professor heading to a conference, to stay at the melancholic inn named Six Bells, only to be entangled in the fates of the people there.

The death of the inn's guest, Tsukahara Masatsugu, a former detective of the Tokyo Police Department found under the cliff near Harigaura Beach, forces the police to revisit a case from sixteen years ago. However, Yukawa Manabu, the 'Galileo detective,' notices the unusual aspects around it. A secret seemingly buried deep beneath the Harigaura seabed awaits discovery, and its roots may lead back to Tokyo many years ago...

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'We have no other choice but to walk on the path in the darkness. Even if all four sides are brightly lit like daytime, it's just unreal light.' To escape a debt, Masaya used a devastating earthquake to kill his uncle and staged it as an accident. However, everything doesn't escape Mifuyu's watchful eyes, the mysterious girl next door. Carrying Masaya's secret, Mifuyu and him head to Tokyo, leaving behind a desolate Kyoto after the earthquake.

But in the urban society, a series of tragedies unfolds, where the shadows of past crimes spread like an indelible oil stain, forever unerasable and widening day by day. Mystery connects to mystery, and anyone who approaches Mifuyu encounters misfortune, those who touch her past disappear... In the end, who is the mysterious girl always standing by Masaya in the pitch-black night?

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Part of the investigation series by Inspector Kusanagi and the genius crime-solver, physicist Yukawa, the story begins with the death of a young girl at a luxury hotel in Tokyo. Shortly after, mysterious explosions occur in unusual places, on islands and ships, with no apparent explanation. The investigation starts with the murder of a freelance writer, and unexpected connections gradually come to light.

However, this time, the prime suspect is a 'talented apprentice beyond imagination' who has been taught various physics and scientific knowledge by Yukawa. How can the research achievements not become 'forbidden magic' in the hands of such a talent? This time, Yukawa must personally tackle this significant question.

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In the mansion of Mashiba Yoshitaka, the husband is found poisoned on the floor, the antidote remaining in a coffee cup spilled nearby. All suspicions focus on two individuals: the wife Ayane, a renowned artist with unique and expensive fabric collages displayed in the Ginza district, and her secret lover Wakayama Hiromi, also a disciple of Ayane. However, both have solid alibis. The police are puzzled: How did the culprit administer the poison to Yoshitaka when no one else had access to the victim around the time of the incident?

Once again, genius detective 'Galileo' Yukawa Manabu intervenes. He has found the answer, but it's a 'virtual solution,' something 'theoretically conceivable but impossible in reality.' Unraveling each detail, the brilliant author Keigo reveals the astonishing truth, bitter and unforgiving...

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Higashino Keigo is a leading Japanese mystery novelist with numerous works selling millions of copies domestically and internationally, earning numerous awards. He served as the 13th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013.

Each of his works has a different style but generally unfolds with unexpected twists, depicting deep character psychology, creating a unique feature in Higashino Keigo's literary style.

Murder in Eleven Words: Accidentally discovering unusual details after the horrific death of the lover, the protagonist, a female mystery novelist, and her friend, Hagio Fuyuko, who is also the editor-in-chief responsible for the protagonist's books, decide to investigate the death. During the investigation, they find out that the protagonist's lover had an overturned boat accident during a trip to the island a year ago. As they approach those who participated in that trip to learn more, each of them is murdered in turn. In the end, the protagonist is forced to make her own judgment, investigate, and uncover the truth of the matter.

Murder in Eleven Words was also adapted into a television series in 2011.

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