Keigo Higashino is a god in the entire history of reasoning, there are many works like stars, many people want to see Japanese reasoning, but do not know which one to start from, then today, Sugar Sugar recommends keigo Higashino's five most acclaimed works, you can read them in order. The first 3 show the evils of human nature. The next 2 show the goodness of human nature.
NO1 White Nights, 1997-99, serialized in the journal.
The story revolves around a pair of elementary school students who have an unusual relationship. Due to his mother having an affair with a clerk hired by his own pawnshop, Ryoji Kirihara runs to play in the ventilation hall of the abandoned building, but sees the unbearable scene of his father's assault on his friend Yukiho, and the twisted fear and anger make the 11-year-old stab his father to death with long scissors, after which Nishimoto Yukiho's mother and "mother's lover" also "died unexpectedly", and then she was adopted by Reiko Karasawa, who lived elegantly and alone. The boy and girl, who have no complete family, have spent seven years of peace after the tragedy, however, Kirihara Ryoji discovers that the case is still being investigated, and he has begun to suspect himself and Karasawa Yukiho. The two people who do not have the warmth of the family, in order not to let their crimes be discovered, use various means to get rid of their relatives and friends one by one. In the end, Ryoji Kirihara used scissors to kill himself with scissors in order to prevent the police from tracking down Yukiho, and Yukiho faced Ryoji Kirihara's body and turned away, without turning back once.
2011 Japan Shadow "Hakuyayuki"Starring Kengo Horikita Kazukataka
The strong fighting spirit and unremitting efforts of the two protagonists in "White Night" have always been upwards, but in fact, objectively, they have led to their continuous downward degeneration. Although they were extremely strong to clear away the obstacles, the police still keenly tracked down the truth of that year. At the end of the novel, the mystery of the case is gradually revealed, and the real theme of the novel reaches the boiling point. The last sentence of the novel reads: "I saw that the snow spike was going up the escalator, and the back was like a white ghost." She didn't look back once. Ryoji Kirihara's unrepentant efforts have reached the point where "I am not afraid of shattering my bones", and even Yukiho's desperation is in the plan. Yet these two men, whose hands are stained with sin, are a pair of suffering souls who depend on each other. The biggest wish of the male and female protagonists is to walk hand in hand in the sun, but this is a luxury that they can never reach. They can only move forward in the dark night illuminated by each other's light, and in order to survive, they have paid an unrequited price.
NO2 The Dedication of Suspect X was first published in 2005.
The once-in-a-century mathematical genius Shi Shen has the only pleasure every day is to go to a fixed bento shop to buy lunch, just to see yasuko, a neighbor who works in a bento shop. Yasuko and her daughter are dependent on each other for their lives, and accidentally kill their ex-husband who is pestering her. In order to save Yasuko, Shi Shen offered to take care of the aftermath by him. Shi Shen set up an unbelievable bureau with the meticulous logical thinking of a mathematician, providing Yasuko with seamless alibi evidence, and in the end, even if the police repeatedly investigated and found the truth, they still could not arrest Yasuko.
2008 Japanese film The Devotion of Suspect X. Shinichi Tsuki and Taiko Matsuyuki starred
This work is also the third book in the "Detective Galileo" series. The first two chapters have already presented the reader with the three important factors of the speculative novel, namely who is the prisoner, the process of committing the crime and the result of the commission of the crime, and it can be said that the general logical mystery has been solved. The reader thinks that he already knows the mystery, so in the next content, it should be to watch the contest between the police and the prisoners. As everyone knows, this is exactly what Keigo Higashino has done with the layout of the book. When the real mystery is revealed and the true meaning of the word "devotion" is clarified, one cannot help but be impressed by the author's meticulous arrangement.
NO3 "Malice" was first published in 1996.
The author's Noguchi Shu is a person with excessive self-awareness, who has had emotions since childhood. The kind Nichitaka has always regarded him as a good friend and helped him follow the path of a writer. But Noguchi has always been jealous of Hidaka, who is kind and kind. When Noguchi learned of Hidaka's literary achievements, he was unwilling to be careful with himself. The dream of a writer was not realized, and coupled with the terminal illness, his life was short. This complex psychology soon turns jealousy into hatred, which continues to expand, triggering the evil consequences of killing Hidaka. Killing Hidaka and creating all kinds of lies in order to slander him is the whole life of the suspect Noguchi Osamu. Higashino spent a lot of time reasoning about the motive, but in the prisoner's self-description of the motive of the crime, he only used a few words to gently carry it over, so as to show that malice had filled every corner of the prisoner's heart.
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In this work, it is profoundly revealed that human nature is profoundly revealed, and the boundless malice is bottomless, like an abyss, which makes people shudder. Never have there been a case in which killing is not an end, but a means; death is not an end, but a beginning.
Keigo Higashino cleverly sets up one reversal after another in "Malice", from the implementation of the conspiracy to the exquisite design of the truth, which amazes the reader. - Publishers Weekly (USA)
In Malice, Keigo Higashino combines Dostoevsky-style psychological realism with Agatha Christie's classic detective puzzle story. — The Wall Street Journal (USA)
When you think that Keigo Higashino has exhausted all the possibilities of ruse, he offers a new one to surprise you. - Cox Review of Books (USA)
As a speculative novel, "Malice" is extremely tortuous and complex; at the same time, it profoundly reveals human nature and reaches a depth that many pure literary works cannot reach. "Malice" can be read in contrast to "Red Finger" by the same author. In Malice, there is no bottom line for evil; in Red Finger, good remains below the bottom line of evil. - Shinan (Japan)
Lurking beneath the story of "Malice" is a black river flowing with people's "malice". Although the faint sound of water flowing can be heard, it is not easy to see its flow. - Natsuo Kirino (Japan)
NO4 "Relief Grocery Store" was first published in 2012.
The book tells the story of a grocery store next to a secluded street, as long as you write down the letter of the rolling door of the front door of the store, you will get an answer in the milk carton behind the store the next day: because her boyfriend is terminally ill, the young girl Moon Rabbit is wandering between love and dreams; Katsuro Matsuoka leaves home for musical dreams, but in reality it is difficult to walk; the teenager Kosuke faces a family change and struggles in the confusion of family affection and future... They write a letter of confusion into the grocery store, and wonderful things happen.
In 2017, the Japanese film "Nanaya Relief Grocery Store" starred Ryosuke Yamada
"Relief Grocery Store" is an alternative in speculative fiction, no murder, no murderer, no crime. In the works, you can see a variety of warm, mainstream values, all of which are centered on love and family. For example, persuading athletes to give up training to accompany a terminally ill boyfriend; a father who is in debt and should be with the family even if he flees; and parents who do their best to make their children happy. The protagonist is 3 robbers, and when they go back in time and communicate with people in another time and space, they awaken the kindness of their hearts and get the direction of their own lives.
NO5 "New Participants" was first published in 2012.
A single woman, Moyoko Mitsui, was strangled to death in her apartment. The police found that she had recently moved here, and the investigation was carried out by Kyoichiro Kaga, a criminal police officer who had just been transferred to the Nihonbashi area. Kaga visits shops near the scene of the crime. His investigation seems trivial and unrelated to the facts of the case: the insurance officer whose commute trajectory is different from the usual, the booth boy who buys her lover for the boss, the mother-in-law of the ceramics shop who has a bad relationship, the owner of the watch shop who broke off the father-daughter relationship because his daughter eloped, and so on. The truth of the case is gradually revealed in the parents who are full of fireworks in the world.
In 2010, the Japanese TV series "New Samurai" starred Hiroshi Abe and Akasa Kuroki
The entire novel consists of nine parts, consisting of a criminal case that intersects Kyoichiro Kaga with five other stories, all of which are aimed at solving the case, but in the process of solving the case, through investigation and visits, problems are found, and help solve problems, and finally the people of Renyocho are cured. The cause of the case was the tragic death of a woman living alone, Kaga, who had just been transferred to the Nihonbashi Police Station, was in charge of the case, Kaga as a new participant in this street to investigate, but also in the familiar situation, Senbei shop, kiosk, ceramics shop, clock shop, cake shop these major shops are happening at the same time, parents are short, each can not perfectly resolve the contradiction, Kaga slowed down when exploring the case, communication and healing these people, and these people and things have a direct or indirect relationship with the case.
Keigo Higashino visited the entire area when he wrote this work, so every street and shop that the criminal police officer Kaga visits in the novel has a physical prototype.
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