For five days in January 1989, the parents of a seven-year-old Tokyo schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter's kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. They would never see their daughter again.
For the fourteen years that followed, the Japanese public listened to the police's apologies. They would never forget the botched investigation that became known as 'Six Four'. They would never forgive the authorities their failure.
For one week in late 2002, the press offic...
I had quite a few words to look up to understand the nuances of emotion and tension in this book. To give context to that, I've already read 20+ novels, most of them in this genre. If you've read more extensively you may have fewer to look up.
The writing is is literary - expect poetic turns of phrase, heavy use of idioms, and small details being thrown in to set the mood of scenes. You will need a very solid base of grammar through N1. Vocabulary wise you should be very comfortable with crime