LemonSky reviewed Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino
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5 stars
An excellent, first-class mystery. This is the second "Detective Galileo" mystery I have read and, as much as I liked the first one ([b:The Devotion of Suspect X: A Detective Galileo Novel|12011902|The Devotion of Suspect X A Detective Galileo Novel|Keigo Higashino|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327093995s/12011902.jpg|13558363]), I think this one is much better.
Yoshitaka Mashiba is a selfish, heartless, and callous man who is obsessed with having a child. When his wife Ayane is unable to have one after barely a year of marriage, he decides their marriage is over - and he already has a replacement waiting. Not surprisingly, he is dead by page 19. I must admit, he's one of the least likable victims I've come across in quite a while. The question for me wasn't so much who killed him or how, but why did anybody care?
The initial investigation is handled by Detective Kusanagi and his assistant, Kaoru Utsumi. Kusanagi quickly …
An excellent, first-class mystery. This is the second "Detective Galileo" mystery I have read and, as much as I liked the first one ([b:The Devotion of Suspect X: A Detective Galileo Novel|12011902|The Devotion of Suspect X A Detective Galileo Novel|Keigo Higashino|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327093995s/12011902.jpg|13558363]), I think this one is much better.
Yoshitaka Mashiba is a selfish, heartless, and callous man who is obsessed with having a child. When his wife Ayane is unable to have one after barely a year of marriage, he decides their marriage is over - and he already has a replacement waiting. Not surprisingly, he is dead by page 19. I must admit, he's one of the least likable victims I've come across in quite a while. The question for me wasn't so much who killed him or how, but why did anybody care?
The initial investigation is handled by Detective Kusanagi and his assistant, Kaoru Utsumi. Kusanagi quickly develops a crush on Ayane and believes she's innocent. On the other hand, Utsumi believes Ayane is guilty. Neither of them can prove it, though. In fact, though it is established early on that Yoshitaka was poisoned, the exact method remains a mystery. Utsumu finally seeks out the help of Professor Manabu Yukawa, better known as "Detective Galileo."
The truth behind Yoshitaka's death and just what exactly happened is revealed slowly, but everything comes to a satisfying conclusion. This is the second Higashino mystery I've read, and he once again managed to completely surprise me. Ayane is a complex character and you're never really sure what's going on in her mind. Is she guilty? If she did kill her husband, how did she poison him? The truth really is unexpected. I would have never thought of that.
I've already preordered the third Detective Galileo book ([b:A Midsummer's Equation: A Detective Galileo Novel|23847971|A Midsummer's Equation A Detective Galileo Novel|Keigo Higashino|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|43457992]) and plan to check out Higashino's other books.