[DeepL Translation - needs review] Kanae Minato, Shusuke Michio, endorsed!
--Heaven was a murder scene.
A finalist for the Shincho Mystery Award, so interesting that it was suddenly and unusually published in a paperback edition!
I was killed, no doubt about it--. And yet, where am I? When I came to, I found a resort beach and a western-style house in front of me. According to the mysterious newspaper that arrives every morning from an invisible deliveryman, this is a heavenly mansion, and s...
No Suspense
For a novel with "closed suspense" in the title, this story lacked suspense.
The initial premise of waking up in heaven after being murdered was intriguing but any suspense was lost before the halfway point. The most of the book is spent jumping to wild conclusions until the end when there's the "big reveal".
Overall an okay read but not that good, especially if you're looking for a mystery with any real suspense.
Japanese is probably about upper N2 level.