Salvation of a Saint: A DETECTIVE GALILEO NOVEL

· Hachette UK
4.4
48 reviews
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384
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When a man is discovered dead by poisoning in his empty home his beautiful wife, Ayane, immediately falls under suspicion. All clues point to Ayane being the logical suspect, but how could she have committed the crime when she was hundreds of miles away?

As Tokyo police detective Kusanagi tries to unpick a seemingly unrelated sequence of events he finds himself falling for Ayane. When his judgement becomes dangerously clouded his assistant must call on an old friend for help; it will take a genius to unravel the most spectacular web of deceit they have ever faced...

SALVATION OF A SAINT is a magnificently complex and page-turning thriller starring international crime fiction's most enigmatic sleuth.This is essential reading for all fans of exceptional crime fiction.

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4.4
48 reviews
Davidson
January 13, 2013
I loved The Devotion of Suspect X. However, this one isn't thrilling because it's basically laid out for you. Too linear of a story line. Perhaps it's due to the translation.
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Freddie Low
December 1, 2015
Inconsequential, rambling on and on about the same thing. Characters are flat and there is no plot.
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Encarna Guillot nebot
June 1, 2023
E encanta éste escritor, es como leer Agatha Christie con personajes japoneses. Muy entretenido.
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About the author

Keigo Higashino was born in Osaka. He started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize for writing at age 27, and subsequently quit his job to start a career as a writer in Tokyo.

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