(I don't usually post book reviews on Friday, but I will certainly take some holidays at the end of the month, so if I want to publish all my book reviews before the end of the year, I will have to post twice a week!) I have finished 『ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖』by En MIKAMI (三上延) and I loved..
Book Review: 『探偵倶楽部』by Keigo Higashino
There are 5 short detective stories in 『探偵倶楽部』(The Membership Detective Club - たんていくらぶ) by Keigo HIGASHINO (東野圭吾) and I loved every single one of them! The stories all feature the Membership Detective Club, but the detectives are not the protagonists. The stories mainly focus on the people that are involved or find themselves involved in..
Book review: 『虚ろな十字架』by Keigo Higashino
「虚ろな十字架」is both a typical Keigo Higashino and a surprising one. Typical in its setting, its characters and the way the story unfolds. From the very beginning, I felt that I was on familiar grounds, reading an author that I appreciate and whose writing style seems to be unchanging throughout the years. The novelty of this..
Book review: 『赤い指』by Keigo Higashino
「赤い指」is the seventh book of the detective Kaga series "加賀恭一郎シリーズ" (かが・きょういちろう) by Keigo Higashino. Before starting the review of this novel, I would like to say a word about the series. The series First, you don't have to read them in order. Even though they follow a chronological order (starting when Kaga is still a..
Book review: 『イノセント・デイズ』by Kazumasa Hayami
I have finished reading 「イノセント・デイズ」by 早見和真（はやみ・かずまさ） and loved this novel very much. I found the story interesting, I like the themes encompassed in it, and I appreciated the structure of the novel very much. Some themes of the novel The novel starts with what we call in French a "fait divers" (tragic events like criminal cases that..
Book review: 『豆の上で眠る』by Kanae Minato
In 湊かなえ's novel, the reader is invited to blink into a family's untold secrets, but before we know it, we find ourselves sharing the protagonist's emotions and feeling unexpectedly involved in her story. While personal tragedy and family drama give the novel its deepness, the mystery and quest for the truth make it a real..
Book review: 『嘘をもうひとつだけ』 by Keigo Higashino
「嘘をもうひとつだけ」is the 6th book of the Kaga series 加賀恭一郎シリーズ by Higashino Keigo. If you are not familiar with this series, it features detective 加賀恭一郎 Kaga Kyoichiro and is composed of 10 books. The first novel of the series was one of the first novels written by Higashino Keigo (「卒業」was published in 1989*) and the last one..
Book review: 『私が彼を殺した』by Keigo Higashino
This is the 5th novel of the detective Kaga series by Higashino Keigo. If you are not familiar with Higashino Keigo, he is certainly the most famous contemporary Japanese writer of mystery and detective novels. His books are systematically translated into Korean, but sadly, there are only a few translations available in English or French.....
Book review: 『どちらかが彼女を殺した』 by Higashino Keigo
Review of the book どちらかが彼女を殺した by 東野圭吾.