Paperback edition of the innovative Japanese crime novel, which sold more than 2 million copies in Japan and was made into a cult film. 'The finale is both chilling and moving, and confronts emotions that crime fiction rarely covers... It will linger long in the memory' "Independent On Sunday"

Keigo Higashino is a Japanese author chiefly known for mystery novels. Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co.?He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel H?kago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.

Keigo Higashino: Keigo Higashino, wurde 1958 in Osaka, Japan, geboren. Nach seinem Ingenieurs-Studium begann der Kapitän einer Bogenschützenmannschaft Kriminalromane zu schreiben. Für seine mittlerweile neun Romane erhielt er zahlreiche Preise. Einige von ihnen standen jahrelang an der Spitze der Bestsellerlisten und wurden auch verfilmt.