Keigo Higashino4.3418,996 ratings2,701 reviewsWant to ReadRate this book1973年，大阪的一栋废弃建筑中发现一名遭利器刺死的男子。案件扑朔迷离，悬而未决。此后20年间，案件滋生出的恶逐渐萌芽生长，绽放出恶之花。案件相关者的人生逐渐被越来越重的阴影笼罩……“我的天空里没有太阳，总是黑夜，但并不暗，因为有东西代替了太阳。虽然没有太阳那么明亮，但对我来说已经足够。凭借着这份光，我便能把黑夜当成白天。我从来就没有太阳，所以不怕失去。”“只希望能手牵手在太阳下散步”，这句象征本书故事内核的绝望念想，有如一个美丽的幌子，随着无数凌乱、压抑、悲凉的事件片段如纪录片一样一一还原，最后一丝温情也被完全抛弃，万千读者在一曲救赎罪恶的爱情之中悲切动容。GenresMysteryFictionJapanThrillerCrimeJapanese LiteratureMystery Thriller ...more538 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 1999

Book details & editions1476 people are currently reading28051 people want to readAbout the authorKeigo Higashino202 books8,387 followersFollowFollowAssociated Names:* Keigo Higashino * 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)* 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)* ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin. His novels had been nominated five times before winning with this novel.The Devotion of Suspect X was the second highest selling book in all of Japan— fiction or nonfiction—the year it was published, with over 800,000 copies sold. It won the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel— the Japanese equivalent of the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Made into a motion picture in Japan, The Devotion of Suspect X spent 4 weeks at the top of the box office and was the third highest‐grossing film of the year.Higashino’s novels have more movie and TV series adaptations than Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, and as many as Michael Crichton.