Under the Midnight Sun : A Novel (Hardcover)

from arubabookwoman

This is an excellent Japanese crime novel. I have previously read and enjoyed his most well-known crime novel, The Devotion of Suspect X, as well as Naoko, a unique (fictional) psychological study of gender roles. This novel takes place over many years. It begins in 1973 when some children playin...

from ritaer

A strange and extended mystery with the murder solved almost 20 years after its commission and with a previously unsuspected murderer and unpredictable motive. Definitely not fair play by the author by the standards of golden age puzzle mysteries. However an interesting view of various levels of ...

from missizicks

In Journey Under the Midnight Sun, Higashino has used a very different style to that in his Detective Galileo series, something unlike anything else I've read within the crime genre. Initially, this wasn't as satisfying a read as I was expecting it to be. I really enjoyed the previous books I've ...

from janerawoof

A gruesome murder of a pawnbroker, a dogged detective kick off this sprawling mystery that spans nearly twenty years and the lives of a whole cast of characters. This turns out to be more than a police procedural. Through various complicated subplots and unexpected twists, the author has given us...

from secondhandrose

Wow! It took me awhile to get through this book but it was worth it. So many twists and turns expertly drawn by the author. Without doubt a crime fiction masterpiece.