Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems. At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. As Kaga investigates, he eventually uncovers evidence that indicates that the two writers' relationship was very different that they claimed, that they were anything but best friends. But the question before Kaga isn't necessarily who, or how, but why. In a brilliantly realized tale of cat and mouse, the detective and the killer battle over the truth of the past and how events that led to the murder really unfolded. And if Kaga isn't able to uncover and prove why the murder was committed, then the truth may never come out. Malice is one of the bestselling—the most acclaimed—novel in Keigo Higashino's series featuring police detective Kyochiro Kaga, one of the most popular creations of the bestselling novelist in Asia.
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“As the story is told in alternating first-person narratives by Kaga and
Nonoguchi, narrator Jeff Woodman expertly differentiates the two so there is
never any confusion for the listener. Kaga is portrayed as calm, soft spoken,
and steely. Nonoguchi is more outgoing and manipulative. Although the murderer
is exposed early on, Kaga continues to hunt for a motive and explores multiple
theories, including plagiarism and bullying in Japanese schools. Woodman’s
narration is compelling and clear throughout this twisty puzzle. He never
hesitates with the Japanese names and lends an authentic air to this ‘whydunit,’ translated from Japanese.”
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