A Midsummer’s Equation (A Detective Galileo Novel #3)
Keigo HigashinoThe 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, & his body tossed off the cliff to misdirect the police.
As the police try to uncover where Tsukahara was killed & why, Yukawa finds himself enmeshed in yet another confounding case of murder. In a series of twists as complex & surprising as any in Higashino's brilliant, critically acclaimed work, Galileo uncovers the hidden relationship behind the tragic events that led to this murder.
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Born in Osaka & currently living in Tokyo, Keigo Higashino is one of the most widely known & bestselling novelists in Japan. He is the winner of the Edogawa Rampo Prize (for best mystery) & the Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. Prize (for best mystery), among others. His work has been adapted in dozens of TV series & films in several countries & languages. He won the Naoki Prize for The Devotion of Suspect X, the first novel featuring his character Detective Galileo, & the English translation was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel & the Barry Award.