A Midsummer's Equation - (Detective Galileo) by Keigo Higashino (Paperback)

About the Book

Detective Galileo, international bestseller Keigo Higashino's most beloved creation, returns in this sequel to the iconic The Devotion of Suspect X

Book Synopsis

Manabu Yukawa, the physicist known as "Detective Galileo," has traveled to Hari Cove, a once-popular summer resort town that has fallen on hard times. He is there to speak at a conference on a planned underwater mining operation, which has sharply divided the town. One faction is against the proposed operation, concerned about the environmental impact on the area, known for its pristine waters. The other faction, seeing no future in the town as it is, believes its only hope lies in the development project.

The night after the tense panel discussion, one of the resort's guests is found dead on the seashore at the base of the local cliffs. The local police at first believe it was a simple accident-that he wandered over the edge while walking on unfamiliar territory in the middle of the night. But when they discover that the victim was a former policeman and that the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, they begin to suspect he was murdered, and his body tossed off the cliff to misdirect the police.

As the police try to uncover where Tsukahara was killed and why, Yukawa finds himself enmeshed in yet another confounding case of murder. In a series of twists as complex and surprising as any in Higashino's brilliant, critically acclaimed work, Galileo uncovers the hidden relationship behind the tragic events that led to this murder.

Review Quotes

"Think of the artfully precise, psychologically charged films of Henri-Georges Clouzot and Alfred Hitchcock, and you're close to what Higashino achieves in Salvation of a Saint. It's the sort of book you'll want to finish in a single night." --Richmond Times-Dispatch

"To dispute a common complaint: They are indeed writing confounding puzzle mysteries the way they used to. They just happen to be writing them in Japanese. And by "they," I mean Keigo Higashino, whose elegant whodunits... are feats of classic ratiocination." --New York Times Book Review

"One of the most clever endings I've read in some time.... The nexus of reason and emotion is why The Devotion of Suspect X's denouement packs such a potent punch." --The Los Angeles Times

About the Author

KEIGO HIGASHINO is the most widely read author in Japan, with hundreds of millions of copies of his books sold worldwide, and nearly twenty films and television series based on his work. He won the Naoki Prize for The Devotion of Suspect X, his first novel featuring Detective Galileo and, in translation, it was a finalist for both the Edgar Award for Best Novel and the Barry Award. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.