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[DeepL Translation - needs review] The conscience-declaring novels of mystery writer Keigo Higashino "Keigo Higashino is considered one of Japan's leading mystery writers, with works such as The Devotion of Suspect X and The White Nocturne. In this novel, he declares his conscience as a mystery writer. As he solves the twelve patterns of cases commonly found in mystery novels, he criticizes the clichés, contrivances, and unnaturalness of each pattern, both inside and outside the novel. The r...
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372
ISBN:
8990982375
ISBN13:
9788990982377
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This book was a blast! I seen it described as a short story collection but it's more like a comedic satirical romp though all of the detective/crime genre tropes.
Detective Ogawara hates his life. He's stuck playing the clueless police detective, second fiddle to the main character - the famous genius detective Tenkaichi.
Because this is the Detective Tenkaichi Series you see. Tenkaichi gets to turn up unannounced, solve all the crimes and make the big dramatic speech at the end, while Ogawa