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Devotion of Suspect X

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ISBN-10: 0312375069

ISBN-13: 9780312375065

Edition: 2011

Authors: Keigo Higashino, Alexander O. Smith, Elye J. Alexander

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Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor. Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko's next door neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body but plotting the cover-up step-by-step.When the body turns up and is identified, Detective Kusanagi draws the case and Yasuko comes under suspicion. Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko's manufactured alibi and…    
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Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 2/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Born in Osaka and currently living in Tokyo, KEIGO HIGASHINO is one of the most widely known and bestselling novelists in Japan. He is the winner of the Edogawa Rampo Prize (for best mystery), the Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. Prize (for best mystery) among others. His novels are translated widely throughout Asia.