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Newcomer

By: Keigo Higashino
Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
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"Part Sherlock Holmes, part Harry Bosch, Higashino's hero is a quietly majestic force to be reckoned with." (Kirkus, starred review)

International best-seller Keigo Higashino returns with his latest mind-bender - Newcomer - as newly transferred Tokyo Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga is assigned to a baffling murder.

Detective Kyochiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department has just been transferred to a new precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Newly arrived, but with a great deal of experience, Kaga is promptly assigned to the team investigating the murder of a woman. But the more he investigates, the greater number of potential suspects emerges. It isn’t long before it seems nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi have a motive for murder.

To prevent the murderer from eluding justice, Kaga must unravel all the secrets surrounding a complicated life. Buried somewhere in the woman’s past, in her family history, and the last few days of her life is the clue that will lead to the murderer.

From the international best-seller Keigo Higashino, author of The Devotion of Suspect X, comes one of his finest works of crime fiction yet.

©2001; 2018 Text copyright Keigo Higashino; Translation copyright Giles Murray (P)2018 Macmillan Audio Crime Detective Fiction International Mystery & Crime Murder Mystery Police Procedural Women Sleuths Women's Fiction

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Unique Mystery • Logical Detective Work • Perfect Intonation • Fleshed Out Environment • Clever Plot • Amazing Narration

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The narrator is very good reading this story. I like this book than the authors previous one. Kaga is just so witty and it's fascinating how he finds out clues to his investigation.

A decent mystery murder novel

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The language (e.g. slang, idioms) in the dialog is inconsistent and inappropriate for the characters. I assume that's a translation issue.

Narrator does a good job with a huge number of voices of both genders.

Clever plot. Poor translation. Goofy characters

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I enjoy the story and the narration is amazing. I hope to hear more in the future.

Nice experience

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This mystery has a very good story and resolution. But its excellence is its ability to make the mystery unique to the place of origin — Japan.

I first visited Japan several times in the 1980s. It was and still remains a unique place. Although Japan has changed considerably since that time, the characters, behaviors and place details feel authentic.

Mysteries give us the ability to see the inside of these character’s actions and motivation. Initially, I thought this was going to become a sappy series of short stories. However, the author was able to pull it all together to create a much better than average mystery.

Mysterious Japan

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This is my second book by Keigo Higashino, the first being “Malice” (the first in the Kaga series). The things I love about Malice have been carried over in this book–the straightforward, just descriptive writing style, the fleshed-out environment, and the use of logic rather than “gut feelings” that the detectives work from. I particularly like that a lot of information given is not necessarily connected to the case, but gets the reader and Kaga to the next peice of the puzzle. It feels like the opposite of the “Chekov’s Gun” device. It makes for a much more interesting mystery experience. Looking forward to listening to the next segment of the series.

Another great whodunit from Higashino

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