Name: Under the Midnight Sun
ISBN: 9781410496911

Keigo Higashino

Under the Midnight Sun

From the acclaimed international bestseller Keigo Higashino ( The Devotion of Suspect X ) comes a sweeping novel in the tradition of Les Miserables and Crime and Punishment. This is the compelling story of a brutal crime and the two teenagers-Ryo, the son of the murdered man, and Yukiho, the daughter of the main suspect-whose lives remain inextricably linked over the twenty-year search for the truth behind the crime. In Osaka in 1973, the body of a murdered man is found in an abandoned building. Investigating the crime, Detective SasagakI is unable to find the killer. Over the next twenty years, through the lens of a succession of characters, Higashino tells the story of two teens, Ryo and Yukiho, whose lives are most affected by the crime, and the obsessed detective, Sasagaki, who continues to investigate the murder, looking for the elusive truth. Under the Midnight Sun is a complex, psychological novel about crime and its after-effects by one the most read and most accomplished contemporary mystery author. A twisting, compelling work that will astonish and delight Higashino's old fans and new readers alike.

Just relentlessly tragic and ruthless. There are a lot of very well told and intertwined stories in this novel but nothing that will leave you feeling good inside. 

Brady

Kaede

The story drags a lot, but still ok to read

jinni

LISTEN. 

i am willing to spend a lifetime recommending this book to everyone i know. the writing, tone, suspense, characters, and plot are INCREDIBLE. i especially love how the entire story is told from the perspectives of the side characters. the true feelings and thoughts of the two main characters were never revealed. yet through the fragmented and mismatched narrations, we learn just enough to piece together the plausible “truth” but not enough to confirm the theory. it is as if the story engages the reader and places you in the role of a detective. in my opinion, every mystery novel dims in comparison to the intricacy and tension of higashino-sensei’s work. i have never been so hurt and haunted by a book before. it is safe to say, this is my favorite book of all time now.

Under the Midnight Sun

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