# Any fans of Japanese mystery author Keigo Higashino? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-japanese-mystery-author-keigo-higashino/708305 "2014-12-27T22:31:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-japanese-mystery-author-keigo-higashino/708305/1 "2014-12-27T22:31:33Z")
[Higashino](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keigo_Higashino) has written quite a lot, but only four books have been translated into English. Three are detective novels: The Salvation of a Saint, The Devotion of Suspect X, and Malice (this last one I read this weekend–amazing!), and one is called Naoko, the story of a man whose wife and daughter get into an accident, killing the wife’s body but placing her soul/personality into the body of the 12 year old daughter’s. (It’s…less pervy than it sounds.) His writing is quite good. Malice and Naoko are my two favorites. I really hope more of his comes over. Frustrating to read a book as interesting as Malice and not be able to read more. ---
**Author:** ![Cara\_mel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@Cara\_mel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cara_mel)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-japanese-mystery-author-keigo-higashino/708305/2 "2014-12-28T15:30:44Z")
I loved The Devotion of Suspect X. As a fan of J horror, mystery and detective fiction this book ticked all the boxes for me. (Not horror I know, but I just love to immerse myself in that world). I read this book a long time ago but the characters live on - the maths teacher, the mother, the cop and the professor, and the sandwich shop! I must read the others now that you’ve mentioned them. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-japanese-mystery-author-keigo-higashino/708305/3 "2014-12-28T17:42:57Z")
Yes, especially Malice–I think if you liked Devotion, you’ll really love that one. Higashino’s amazing. I hope he gets more exposure in the United States…and that we get more English translations! ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-japanese-mystery-author-keigo-higashino/708305/4 "2014-12-29T04:59:20Z")
I keep on seeing his books at the bookstore (I live in Japan) but haven’t picked one up yet. Mystery is one of those genres that scares me a bit because if it’s not done well, it can be really terrible. After one or two too many novels in which nothing happens, I think I might give him a try, though.