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Journey Under The Midnight Sun Review: An Unpredictable Story Of Two Unimaginably Twisted Characters

It takes a master storyteller to weave a convincing story out of an immensely convoluted plot. Journey Under The Midnight Sun is the story of unconditional love, hatred, jealousy and sheer wickedness. The story revolves around two central characters who are, what seems like, the messengers of misfortune because the people around them are often caught in unexplainable troubles. The book captures the life of two people who are never together but are somehow always connected. Their journey is complicated because of their mysterious personalities. Every theory, every assumption, every prediction of mine fails when it comes to a Higashino book and this time I was not even near cracking the code.

Journey Under The Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino

Publisher: Little, Brown

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I LIKE Journey Under The Midnight Sun Because,

the story is an enigma I could not detach myself from it. The book is dark. Really really dark. And the number of victims in this book alone is more than all the victims I have read about in suspense novels till date. I’m not a thriller lover but Higashino has me addicted to this genre. The narration is medium paced with tiny details cleverly disjointed to make a masterpiece at the climax. I never once related to either Yukiho or Ryo and everything they did was beyond my comprehension but they were the most interesting characters I have ever seen. In the end, when everything came together and I got a clear picture of why that happened happened, I still could not believe I never saw that coming.

I Do NOT Like Journey Under The Midnight Sun Because,

In case you are new to Japanese fiction and are not acquainted with Japanese names then you will find it a tad difficult to keep up with the story because of the constant addition of new characters in the book. But don’t worry as the story progresses you will get accustomed to it and will also learn to differentiate the characters.   

Final View : Higashino’s story is gripping and tremendously chilling. I will recommend this one to all suspense lovers.

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Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashion

Translated by Alexander O Smith —  It’s no exaggeration to say that Keigo Higashino is a phenomenon in Japan. Popular and multi-award winning, he’s been putting out books steadily for the past 30 years, which means there’s a rich vein of potential translations to mine. Journey Under the Midnight Sun is a dark, convoluted tale, marked by Higashino’s characteristic sleight of hand.

The novel opens in Osaka in the early 1970s – Homicide Detective Junzo Sasagaki is taking a walk on his day off when he sees a group of police cars converge on an abandoned building. A group of children playing inside the building have found the body of a pawnshop owner, stabbed through the chest with a thin, sharp blade. Sasagaki’s investigation unearths more questions, and shines a light on some possible infidelities and family quarrels, but never reaches any conclusions. One of his chief suspects, the partner of a woman who the pawnshop owner visited on the day of his death, dies in a car crash soon afterwards. Though Sasagaki’s suspects there is more to the deaths, the case is abandoned. But Sasagaki never quite gives up on it.

There are several things that don’t sit right with him – several alibis are suspicious, and motives are hard to establish with any conviction. When the woman who the pawnshop owner was visiting the day he died is found dead in her apartment, in what looks like suicide, Sasagaki again feels something is amiss. However, the police focus on the wellbeing of her daughter Yukiho, newly orphaned, who leaves everyone who meets her with a distinct sense that she is older than her 12 years.

The narrative lurches forward repeatedly, and jumps between characters, making Journey Under The Midnight Sun hard to follow at times. Readers familiar with Higashino’s work will be waiting for the moment when the author shows his full hand, and the whole narrative comes together. In this case, you’ll have to wait a little longer than usual due to the sheer size of the novel. Journey Under the Midnight Sun is not only big in terms of its 500 pages, but also in complexity. Higashino’s strength is the way in which he tricks us into searching for a clue that’s sitting in plain sight the whole time. In Japanese, a language known for its indirectness, this is simple, and it’s no mean feat translating this into English without giving away too much.

Despite this, if you’re familiar with other books of Higashino ‘s in English you might find yourself frustrated by certain aspects here. For a start, the story is episodic in nature, perhaps due to the fact the original was serialised in a literary magazine. This leaves us grasping for links between chapters, which don’t become apparent until half way through. The timeline can be a struggle as well, with references to computer technology, video games, baseball and Japanese current affairs dropped in to hint at when the action is occurring. While you might be familiar with the bursting of the Japanese asset price bubble, or Super Mario Brothers, most of us probably don’t know when the Hanshin Tigers broke their title drought, or when the findings of the inquest into Minamata disease were handed down.

However the complexity of the timeline and the difficulty in following the references only serve to add to the other strength of Higashino’s work, which is shared with Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö in their Martin Beck novels. This is his ability to get into the heart of a specific time period, while simultaneously looking deep into the hearts of his characters. It makes Journey Under the Midnight Sun well worth reading.

A Midsummer’s Equation, with Detective Galileo from The Devotion of Suspect X, is due in early 2016. The author’s previous book, Malice , was one of our top books of 2014 and you’ll find more Japanese crime fiction  here .

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"Journey Under the Midnight Sun" Characters Analysis

By Keigo Higashino

mystery | 539 pages | Published in NaN

When a man is found murdered in an abandoned building in Osaka in 1973, unflappable detective Sasagaki is assigned to the case. He begins to piece together the connection of two young people who are inextricably linked to the crime; the dark, taciturn son of the victim and the unexpectedly captivating daughter of the main suspect. Over the next twenty years we follow their lives as Sasagaki pursues the case - which remains unsolved - to the point of obsession. Stark, intriguing and stylish, Journey Under the Midnight Sun is an epic mystery by the bestselling Japanese author.

Estimated read time: 8 min read

Table of Contents

List of characters, role identification, character descriptions, character traits, character background, character arcs, relationships.

In "Journey Under the Midnight Sun," Ryo Kirihara and Yukiho Karasawa are the main protagonists. They are supported by a range of characters, including Yukiho's father, Kaga, Shinozaki, Komatsu, Yasuko Hanaoka, Shinji Togashi, Jun'ichi Aoyama, Rie Takemura, and Kazuki Hanaoka.

• Ryo Kirihara: Ryo is a determined and intelligent detective. He has a strong sense of justice and is known for his relentless pursuit of the truth. He is highly observant and uses his deductive skills to solve complex cases.
• Yukiho Karasawa: Yukiho is a mysterious and enigmatic woman. She is introverted and keeps her emotions concealed. Yukiho becomes the center of the story when her parents are murdered, and she becomes the prime suspect.
• Yukiho's Father: Yukiho's father is a successful businessman. He is portrayed as a cold and distant person, who seems to have a hidden side to his personality.
• Kaga: Kaga is a seasoned police detective who has a deep interest in solving cold cases. He is known for his analytical mind and attention to detail. Kaga becomes involved in the investigation of the murders connected to Yukiho and Ryo.
• Shinozaki: Shinozaki is a journalist who becomes fascinated by the mysterious murders. He starts investigating the case independently and uncovers crucial information.
• Komatsu: Komatsu is another journalist who works closely with Shinozaki. He provides valuable insights and supports Shinozaki in uncovering the truth.
• Yasuko Hanaoka: Yasuko is a former classmate of Yukiho's father. She becomes an important character as her past connection to the murders is revealed.
• Shinji Togashi: Shinji is a childhood friend of Yukiho. He plays a significant role in the story as his actions have a direct impact on the events that unfold.
• Jun'ichi Aoyama: Jun'ichi is a detective who is initially investigating the murders. He is shown to be skilled but is overshadowed by Ryo Kirihara's abilities.
• Rie Takemura: Rie is a close friend of Yukiho and provides emotional support during her difficult times. She is a caring and loyal character.
• Kazuki Hanaoka: Kazuki is Yukiho's older brother. He is protective of his sister and tries to shield her from the harsh realities of the world.
• Ryo Kirihara: Determined, intelligent, observant, relentless, justice-driven
• Yukiho Karasawa: Mysterious, introverted, emotionally guarded
• Yukiho's Father: Cold, distant, secretive
• Kaga: Analytical, detail-oriented, experienced
• Shinozaki: Curious, investigative, persistent
• Komatsu: Supportive, insightful, dedicated
• Yasuko Hanaoka: Connected, conflicted, secretive
• Shinji Togashi: Influential, manipulative, conflicted
• Jun'ichi Aoyama: Skilled, overshadowed, by Ryo Kirihara
• Rie Takemura: Caring, loyal, supportive
• Kazuki Hanaoka: Protective, caring, brotherly
• Ryo Kirihara: Ryo comes from a family of police officers and has always been interested in solving crimes. He has a reputation for being one of the best detectives in the force.
• Yukiho Karasawa: Yukiho had a difficult childhood, growing up with a distant father. She is deeply affected by the murders of her parents and becomes a central figure in the investigation.
• Yukiho's Father: Yukiho's father is a successful businessman with a hidden past. He is known for his ruthless tactics in the business world.
• Kaga: Kaga has a long history in the police force and has solved numerous cold cases throughout his career. He is respected by his colleagues for his dedication and expertise.
• Shinozaki: Shinozaki is a journalist with a keen interest in uncovering the truth. His curiosity leads him to investigate the murders, even when the police seem to have given up on the case.
• Komatsu: Komatsu is a journalist who joins forces with Shinozaki to dig deeper into the mysterious murders. He is known for his dedication and determination to uncover the truth.
• Yasuko Hanaoka: Yasuko has a history with Yukiho's father and becomes entangled in the investigation as her connection to the murders is revealed.
• Shinji Togashi: Shinji is a childhood friend of Yukiho and has a complicated relationship with her. His actions play a significant role in the events that unfold.
• Jun'ichi Aoyama: Jun'ichi is a detective who initially investigates the murders. He is overshadowed by Ryo Kirihara's skills but remains dedicated to finding the truth.
• Rie Takemura: Rie is a close friend of Yukiho and provides emotional support during her difficult times. She has a strong bond with Yukiho and is always there for her.
• Kazuki Hanaoka: Kazuki is Yukiho's older brother and tries to protect her from the harsh realities of life. He deeply cares for his sister and does everything he can to keep her safe.
• Ryo Kirihara: Ryo starts off as a determined detective who is focused on solving the case. Throughout the story, he faces numerous obstacles and challenges, but his determination never wavers. He grows as a character and learns to trust his instincts more, leading to the resolution of the case.
• Yukiho Karasawa: Yukiho begins as a mysterious and emotionally guarded character. As the story progresses, her past and connection to the murders are revealed, forcing her to confront her own demons. She undergoes a transformation and becomes more open and vulnerable.
• Kaga: Kaga starts off as an experienced detective who is intrigued by the cold case. He becomes more involved in the investigation and forms a partnership with Ryo Kirihara. Throughout the story, he becomes more personally invested in the case and develops a deeper understanding of the complexities involved.
• Shinozaki: Shinozaki begins as a curious journalist who is fascinated by the murders. As he delves deeper into the case, he becomes more determined to uncover the truth. He faces personal risks and challenges but ultimately plays a significant role in solving the mystery.
• Ryo Kirihara and Yukiho Karasawa: Ryo and Yukiho develop a complex relationship throughout the story. Ryo is determined to protect Yukiho and solve the case, while Yukiho is initially hesitant to trust him. Their relationship evolves as they work together to uncover the truth.
• Yukiho Karasawa and Yukiho's Father: Yukiho's relationship with her father is distant and strained. As the story progresses, the true nature of their relationship is revealed, adding depth and complexity to their dynamic.
• Shinozaki and Komatsu: Shinozaki and Komatsu have a professional relationship as journalists working together to uncover the truth. They rely on each other's strengths and support each other in their investigation.
• Yasuko Hanaoka and Yukiho's Father: Yasuko's relationship with Yukiho's father is revealed to have a significant impact on the events of the story. Their connection adds layers of complexity to the overall narrative.
• Shinji Togashi and Yukiho Karasawa: Shinji and Yukiho have a complicated relationship that plays a crucial role in the story. Their interactions shape the events and contribute to the overall mystery.
• Jun'ichi Aoyama and Ryo Kirihara: Jun'ichi and Ryo have a professional relationship as fellow detectives. Although Ryo's skills overshadow Jun'ichi, they work together to solve the case.
• Rie Takemura and Yukiho Karasawa: Rie is Yukiho's close friend and provides emotional support throughout the story. Their friendship is an important source of strength for Yukiho.
• Kazuki Hanaoka and Yukiho Karasawa: Kazuki is Yukiho's brother and acts as her protector. He cares deeply for his sister and tries to shield her from harm.

In "Journey Under the Midnight Sun," the characters are intricately woven into the story, each playing a significant role in the overall narrative. Their relationships, backgrounds, and character arcs contribute to the suspense and mystery that unfolds throughout the book.

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“keigo higashino again proves his mastery of the diabolical puzzle mystery with malice, a story with more turns, twists, switchbacks and sudden stops than a tokyo highway during golden week.”, no major spoilers.

I’m actually confused what to say about this novel. It is weird, disturbing but at the same time intriguing and definitely something which you won’t put down too easily.

I already got some glimpses into the Japanese way of life thanks to reading ‘Salvation of a Saint’ & ‘Devotion of Suspect X’ by the same author but this one provides an even more in depth knowledge about their weird sense of love, humour, friendship and almost everything else. I know this is a pure work of fiction but it’s such works of fiction only through which I was acquainted with so many different countries in different eras. Let me just say this, I would rather be in War torn Europe of the 20th century rather than modern day Japan. I was particularly shocked by what the school going teenagers did in the novel- would make our roadside romeos seem like Saints.

But then that also means that Keigo is one hell of an author who is making us see and feel the ugly side of things rather than painting just a rosy picture. Actually, no doubt about the author’s brilliance after having read 3 of his works. There wasn’t too much detective work involved in this one as such; it was more of a description of events over a period of 20 yrs and the obsession of a police detective to solve a seemingly unsolvable murder.

The climax was sudden and abrupt and left me wondering whether it was a happy ending or a sad one.

Many people won’t like this novel at all while others will love it.

Go for it if you want something off beat, can tolerate Japanese idiosyncrasies and prefer emotionally charged thrillers rather than action packed ones. (there’s plenty of weird action though)

Rating-  A confused and liberal 4/5 .

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Aditya singh.

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A Japanese book you should read: Journey Under The Midnight Sun

Book review by Matt S.

Have you heard of Higashino Keigo? If not, you’ve not delved deeply enough into Japanese crime fiction writing. Higashino has published something like 66 novels (and that doesn’t count his many short story collections), and of those, some 20 have been turned into television series’ or film. His work has been published in eight languages, though, of course, he remains incredibly niche outside of Japan, because western audiences like their crime fiction to be more Law and Order-flavoured. I’ll leave you to figure out if I think that’s a positive reflection on western tastes.

Putting aside that digression, if you’re a fan of crime writing, you really owe it to yourself to read Higashino. On that note, Journey Under The Midnight Sun is the place to start. It’s a sprawling book (most of Higashino’s novels are not in excess of 500 pages like this one), but while that might seem long by standard expectations for the crime genre, there’s a very good reason for it.

Journey Under The Midnight Sun isn’t really about the detective process, see. There are various “detectives” that try and piece together what’s going on over the course of the narrative (whether they be with the police, private investigators, or normal people), but the story isn’t focused on figuring out whodunnit. Rather, it’s about giving the reader pieces that slowly form a picture of crime and villainy. It’s obvious that something’s up with certain characters within the first 100 pages. By the 250 page mark you know without a shadow of a doubt that two particular characters are at the centre of it all. However, just what “it all” looks like, how it’s coordinated, and the machinations with which these two characters operate is where the mystery lies and there are some real surprising moments in the book, right through to the end, as the revelations come.

Indeed, there’s one particularly shocking revelation which manages to turn these two into sympathetic characters. They’re still the villains, but in other ways they are also victims. The villainy isn’t a mystery. How they were victimised is, and that’s a pretty neat reversal of how crime fiction generally works. Generally we know who the victims are, and how they were victimised, and the goal of the audience is to follow along with the plot to try and work out who the villains are. Those kinds of stories have become so common that it has become easy to pick. Here, though, I wasn’t able to pick how the final revelations fell into place with this book, and that’s perhaps because the structural expectations of the genre have been reversed within it.

In general, Journey Under The Midnight Sun is a structurally fascinating book. Though the story is almost entirely focused on these two characters, we only ever get to experience them, in passing, through the eyes of the medley of characters that get caught up in their machinations. It’s how Higashino maintains the mystery, with each new character offering a couple of new insights into what’s going on, but it’s all one step removed, and only ever contributes to one elaborate jigsaw puzzle. For the longest time the picture simply doesn’t form. It is almost frustrating because, again, Journey Under The Midnight Sun is a very long book, but the delayed gratification in finally understanding the full picture is all the more worthwhile for it.

Unlike many other Japanese crime fiction greats such as Kirino Natsuo  and Nakamura Fuminori , there’s nothing particularly literary about Higashino’s writing style. In fact, one of the reasons that I suspect TV and film producers regularly turn to Higashino is because his work is remarkably easy to translate directly into visual media. With efficiency and minimal embellishment, Higashino describes conversations, events, and results, without any particular desire for philosophical digressions or genre-bending. The author claims to be most heavily inspired by authors such as Matsumoto Seicho and Edogawa Ranpo , and that heritage is evident in his own work. Journey Under The Midnight Sun is a long read, but a highly accessible one that is particularly undemanding of the reader.

With that being said, as a genre work, Journey Under The Midnight Sun is written beautifully. Characters are distinct and interesting, and while descriptions are efficient, they’re not minimalist – Higashino is a great short story writer and knows how to paint a picture at rapid pace. There also a touch of the neo-noir to the book, which helps build atmosphere and tone. For example, the reason that we know that one of the two protagonists is a villain is because she’s written up in a particularly femme fatale manner: “She was pretty, he had to admit, with very delicate features. But there was something else, too. There are thorns in her eyes—that was the only way he could express it. For a moment, he thought she might have felt left out because he spoke to her friend first and not to her, but as she smiled, he realised the thorns were always there. A true lady would never have eyes like that.”

Though it’s not philosophical, the book is also a reflection on many of the more traditional elements in Japanese society. The traditional and heavily patriarchal design of the traditional Japanese family unit, for example. The highly protective attitude of Japanese businesses towards intellectual property (the book being set in the 80s, as software became an asset that Japanese law would subsequently protect). The bulk of the crimes being committed transgress these more traditional values – i.e. it’s the bad guys stealing software and the woman looking for a life beyond the role of housewife is the dangerous one – and in this way Journey Under The Midnight Sun skews in a generally conservative direction with the values that it espouses, though that’s by no means unusual for this particular genre, particularly when you consider that it’s borrowing so heavily from classical elements of the crime and noir tradition.

More to the point, though, Journey Under The Midnight Sun a fun, dynamic page-turner of a book. It’s an easy read, despite its bulk as a book, and paints vivid characters and a labyrinthine mystery. It’s always interesting when an author eschews the standard expectation that the “whodunnit” will be at the centre of the book. Here, there’s no real question about that. All the questions here are the “why’s”, and I would suggest that those are more interesting questions to ask, anyway.

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Journey Under the Midnight Sun

Journey Under the Midnight Sun ( 白夜行 Byakuyakō) is a mystery novel written by Keigo Higashino, first serialized in the monthly novel magazine Subaru from Shueisha from January 1997 to January 1999. The entire volume was published in August 1999 and became a bestseller.

The story primarily concerns itself with the effects of this incident on two people: Ryoji Kirihara, the pawnbroker's son, and Yukiho Nishimoto, Fumiyo's daughter. The novel avoids directly revealing the two's thoughts to the reader, instead preferring to reveal information second-hand through the viewpoints of multiple other supporting characters whose lives intersect to form a complete picture of the story's events.

These are styleframes of its title sequence, the texts showed in the designs is a quote from the novel:

“There never was a sun in the sky over me. It’s always night. But not dark. I had something in place of the sun. Maybe not as bright, but enough for me. Enough so I was able to live in the night like it was day…”

「あたしの上には太陽なんかなかった。いつも夜。でも暗くはなかった。太陽に代わるものがあったから。太陽ほど明るくはないけれど、あたしには十分だった。あたしはその光によって、夜を昼と思って生きてくることができたの。」

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Under the Midnight Sun: A Novel Hardcover – November 8, 2016

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From the acclaimed international bestseller Keigo Higashino ( The Devotion of Suspect X ) comes a sweeping novel in the tradition of Les Miserables and Crime and Punishment. This is the compelling story of a brutal crime and the two teenagers―Ryo, the son of the murdered man, and Yukiho, the daughter of the main suspect―whose lives remain inextricably linked over the twenty-year search for the truth behind the crime. In Osaka in 1973, the body of a murdered man is found in an abandoned building. Investigating the crime, Detective SasagakI is unable to find the killer. Over the next twenty years, through the lens of a succession of characters, Higashino tells the story of two teens, Ryo and Yukiho, whose lives are most affected by the crime, and the obsessed detective, Sasagaki, who continues to investigate the murder, looking for the elusive truth. Under the Midnight Sun is a complex, psychological novel about crime and its after-effects by one the most read and most accomplished contemporary mystery author. A twisting, compelling work that will astonish and delight Higashino’s old fans and new readers alike.

• Print length 560 pages
• Language English
• Publisher Minotaur Books
• Publication date November 8, 2016
• Dimensions 6 x 1.38 x 9 inches
• ISBN-10 125010579X
• ISBN-13 978-1250105790
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Sasagaki left the station and headed west along the tracks. Despite being October it was still dreadfully muggy, yet the ground was dry so when a truck sped by it sent up clouds of dust. He frowned and rubbed his eyes, his feet falling heavy on the pavement. By all rights, he should have been spending the day at home enjoying some leisurely reading — in fact he'd been holding off on a new thriller just for the occasion.

A park came into view on the right, large enough to accommodate two pickup softball games side by side. There was a jungle gym, swings, a slide — all the standard equipment. This, Masumi Park, was the largest in the area by far. On its far side stood a seven-storey building. Nothing unusual about the exterior, but Sasagaki knew that inside it was almost entirely hollowed out. Before joining the metropolitan police he'd been stationed with the local force here in the eastern part of Osaka, and he remembered a thing or two about his old beat. A crowd of onlookers had already gathered in front of the building, which was ringed by several squad cars.

Sasagaki didn't head straight for the building, but took a right on the street before the park. The fifth building from the corner was a tiny shop with a frontage of barely more than two metres. A sign out front proclaimed GRILLED SQUID. The squid in question were grilled on a stand set in the front of the shop, behind which a chunky woman of around fifty sat reading the newspaper. Sasagaki glanced beyond her to see shelves loaded with sweets. The place was a popular after-school hangout, but he didn't see any children today.

"One, please," Sasagaki called out.

The woman hastily folded her newspaper and stood. "I'll have that right up."

Sasagaki smoked Peace brand cigarettes. He stuck one between his lips now, lit it with a match, and glanced at the newspaper where she'd left it on the chair.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH ANNOUNCES SEAFOOD MERCURY RESULTS, read one headline. Beneath it in smaller text: Even large quantities produce levels below recommended limits.

Back in March, a judge had handed down a decision in the Minamata disease trial down in Kumamoto, clearing the way for the resolution of three other large public health trials in one blow: Minamata disease up in Niigata, one on extreme environmental pollution in Yotsukaichi, and Itai-itai disease. All of the cases had been decided in favour of the claimants. Now pollution was on everyone's mind. In a nation that ate so much fish, worry spread fast that mercury and PCBs could be getting into the food supply.

I hope squid's safe, Sasagaki thought.

The specialised griddle for baking the squid consisted of two hinged steel plates which pressed together, cooking the squid and its blanket of flour and egg between them. The aroma made his belly twitch with hunger.

The woman opened the griddle, revealing an oblong, flattened squid to which she applied sauce — just a light brushing — before cutting it in half. She wrapped the pieces in a single sheet of waxy brown paper and held it out.

Sasagaki glanced at the little sign that read SQUID: FORTY YEN and took out a few coins.

"Thanks," the woman grunted cheerily before sitting back down with her newspaper.

Sasagaki was walking away when another woman stopped to say hello to the squid lady. A housewife from the neighbourhood, a backward glance told him. He paused. She was carrying a shopping basket in one hand.

"What do you think it is? Must be something big," the housewife said, pointing towards the abandoned building.

"Never seen so many cop cars around here," the squid lady noted. "Maybe some kid got hurt."

Sasagaki turned around. "Sorry, did you say 'kid'?"

"Oh, they were always playing in there. I said it a thousand times, sooner or later one of 'em's going to get hurt, and it looks like I was right. Unless you heard different?"

Sasagaki ignored the question. "Why would kids be playing in a place like that?"

"Why do kids play anywhere?" The squid lady shrugged. "I always said someone should do something about it. It's not safe."

Sasagaki finished off his squid and started towards the building, just another guy going to join the crowd of onlookers.

He ducked beneath the rope some uniformed officers had stretched across the front of the building. One of the officers glared at him, but backed down when Sasagaki patted his jacket over the pocket where every detective kept his badge.

Sasagaki went into the foyer through a gap in the makeshift doors of plywood and scrap lumber. He'd expected it to be pretty dark inside and he was right; the air was heavy with mould and dust. He stood, blinking, hearing voices nearby.

Eventually his eyes adjusted and Sasagaki realised he was standing in what would have been an elevator bank. Two elevator doors stood off to the right behind a pile of loose construction materials and tangled electrical wires.

Straight ahead of him was a wall with a square, unfinished hole in it for a doorway. The blackness beyond was too dark to penetrate, but Sasagaki guessed he was looking at what would have been a car park.

There was a room to the left, set with another temporary plywood door, the words NO TRESPASSING scrawled on it in chalk. The door opened and two familiar faces emerged, both of them detectives in his unit.

"Hey. Enjoying your day off?" the older detective, a man by the name of Kobayashi, said. He was two years Sasagaki's senior. The younger man, Detective Koga, had joined Homicide less than a year before.

"I had a bad feeling when I woke up this morning," Sasagaki said. "Wish I'd been wrong for a change." He lowered his voice. "How's the old man's mood?"

Kobayashi frowned and shook his head. Koga gave a wry smile.

"That's what I figured," Sasagaki said. "Well, no rest for the wicked. What's he up to in there?"

"Dr. Matsuno just got here."

Kobayashi cleared his throat. "We're going to take a look around outside, OK?"

"Have at it."

Sasagaki watched the two leave. Sent out to do questioning, no doubt. Putting on his gloves, he slowly opened the door. The room was sizeable, a little over twenty square metres. Thanks to the sunlight slanting in through the windows it wasn't as dim in here.

Detectives stood in a huddle in the shadow opposite the windows. There were a few faces he didn't recognise, probably people from the local station. The others he knew all too well. Was tired of seeing them, to be honest. The first to acknowledge him was Captain Nakatsuka. He had a buzz cut and wire-frame glasses with the top half of each lens tinted light purple. The deep wrinkles between his eyebrows never went away, even when he smiled.

No greetings or jibes about being late. Nakatsuka just motioned him over with a jerk of his jaw. A sofa upholstered with black suede had been pushed up against the wall. It was big enough to seat three adults, if they were friendly.

The body was lying on the sofa. Male.

Dr. Hideomi Matsuno of Kinki University was in the process of examining the body. He had been a medical examiner in Osaka for more than twenty years.

Sasagaki craned his neck to take a look at the corpse.

Age, he guessed, was about midforties, maybe fifty. Height, just shy of one seventy metres, and a little plump for that. He was wearing a brown jacket, but no tie. Designer clothes, top-of-the-line and impeccable save for the wine-red bloodstain on his chest that had spread to about ten centimetres in diameter. There were a few other stab wounds, but nothing else bleeding much.

It didn't look as if there had been a struggle. His jacket was in order and his hair, drawn back into a knot behind his head, wasn't dishevelled in the least.

The diminutive Dr. Matsuno stood and turned to the huddle of detectives. "Well, it's a homicide. Stab wounds in five places. Two on the chest, three on the shoulder. The only fatal one was here, on the lower left chest, several centimetres left of the sternum. The weapon passed between the ribs, straight into the heart. A single thrust."

"He died immediately?" Nakatsuka had asked the question.

"Within a minute, tops. Haemorrhaging from a coronary artery put pressure on the heart. Classic case of cardiac tamponade is my guess."

"Any blood splatter on the killer?"

"I doubt there was much."

"And the murder weapon?"

The doctor stuck out his lower lip and shrugged. "Something thin and sharp — a blade. Maybe a little thinner than your average fruit knife. I can tell you right now it wasn't a cleaver or any of your typical survival knives."

"Time of death?" Sasagaki asked.

"You've got rigor mortis over the entire body, lividity has settled nicely, corneas are opaque. I would say anywhere between seventeen hours to an entire day. You'll have to wait for the autopsy to get any closer than that."

Sasagaki looked down at his watch. It was two-forty, meaning the victim had been killed between three in the afternoon and ten at night on the previous day.

"Well, let's get the autopsy going," Nakatsuka said.

"Works for me," Dr. Matsuno agreed.

Koga came in and announced, "The wife's here."

"Took her long enough," Nakatsuka grunted. "Let's get her to ID him now, then. Bring her in." Koga nodded and went back outside.

Sasagaki leaned over to one of the other detectives in the huddle and whispered, "How'd they know who he was?"

"He was carrying his driver's licence and a business card. Runs — ran a local pawnshop."

"Pawnshop? They take anything from him?"

"Don't know. They can't find a wallet, though."

There was a noise by the door and Koga ushered in the widow. The detectives took a few steps back from the body on the sofa.

The woman's checked black and burnt-orange dress made the room seem several shades darker. Her high heels must have been nearly ten centimetres and her long hair was set in a perfect perm, as though she had just stepped out of the beauty salon.

Large eyes, lined with thick eyeshadow, turned towards the sofa along the wall. She brought both hands to her mouth and made a noise like a hiccup. For a few seconds she didn't move at all. Finally, she took a few hesitant steps towards the body. Stopping just in front of the sofa, she looked down at the man's face. Sasagaki could see her chin tremble slightly.

"Is that your husband, ma'am?" Nakatsuka asked.

She didn't answer, just cradled her cheeks in her hands, then gradually slid her hands up to cover her face before her knees buckled and she crumpled on the floor. A bit put on, Sasagaki thought. Then came the sobs, muffled through her long fingers.

Yosuke Kirihara was the deceased's name, proprietor of the unsurprisingly named Kirihara Pawnshop. The shop, which also served as a home, was about a kilometre away from the building where his body had been found.

They carried the body out immediately after the widow, Yaeko, made the ID. Sasagaki was helping the Department of Criminal Identification guys get the body on the stretcher when something caught his eye. "Think our boy had been out eating?"

"What makes you say that?" Detective Koga raised one eyebrow.

Sasagaki pointed to the victim's belt. "His belt's fastened two holes wider than he usually fastens it."

"Hey, you're right."

Mr. Kirihara had been wearing a brown Valentino belt with clear buckle marks near the fifth hole from the end, which was slightly widened from use. But now the belt had been loosened to the third hole from the end.

Sasagaki had one of the young Criminal Identification officers take a photo of the belt and, once the scene had been cleared, the detectives spread out to start questioning the neighbours, leaving only Criminal Identification, Sasagaki, and Captain Nakatsuka inside.

Nakatsuka stood in the centre of the room, taking another look around. He'd assumed his customary deep-thought posture: left hand on his waist, right hand to his forehead. "Sasagaki," he said. "What do you make of it? What kind of killer we looking at here?"

"Haven't the faintest idea," Sasagaki replied with a shrug. "Except, whoever it was, the victim knew him." The tidiness of the man's clothes and hair, the lack of any signs of a struggle, and the frontal stab wound told him that much.

"So the question is: what were they doing in a place like this?"

Sasagaki went around the room again, scanning the floors and wall. It seemed like it had served as a temporary office while the building was under construction. The black sofa the body had been lying on was probably left over from that. There was also a steel desk, two folding chairs, and a meeting table with folding legs left abandoned against the wall. The exposed metal was rusting, and a thick, floury layer of dust covered everything. Construction had stopped two and a half years ago.

Sasagaki's gaze stopped on the wall above and to the side of the black sofa where a square hole for some kind of duct opened just below the ceiling. Normally the duct would have been covered with a grating, but that had been removed, if it had ever been put on in the first place.

If hadn't been for the duct, they might not have discovered the body until much later. According to the local detectives, the kid who found the body was a third-grader from the neighbourhood elementary school. After Saturday classes ended at noon, the boy and four of his classmates had come to the building — not to play dodgeball or tag, but to explore the building's labyrinthine ventilation ducts. Sasagaki had to agree that crawling on all fours through the narrow, twisting passages would probably seem like a grand adventure to a boy.

Apparently, at some point along the way, one of them had taken a wrong turn. Separated from the other boys, he had crawled blindly through the ducts, panicking, until he eventually reached the abandoned office. At first, the boy had thought the man on the sofa was sleeping. He'd crept out of the air duct as quietly as he could so as not to wake him and the man hadn't moved at all. He'd gingerly stepped closer and that was when he saw the blood.

The boy had run home and told his family at about one in the afternoon. It took another twenty minutes or so until his mother actually believed him. The record showed that her phone call to the station came at 1:33 p.m.

"A pawnbroker, huh?" Nakatsuka said suddenly. "You think the job requires meeting someone in a place like this?"

"If it was someone who didn't want to be seen, or someone he didn't want to be seen with."

"Could be, but why here? If he wanted to meet someone in secret, there are all sorts of places he could've gone. And if he was worried about prying eyes, why not pick a place farther from home?"

"True." Sasagaki rubbed his chin. He could feel stubble against his palm. He had rushed out of the house this morning without time to shave.

"His wife was something, though." Nakatsuka changed the subject. "He was fifty-two and she was ... what? Just over thirty? Practically a girl when they would've met."

"A working girl," Sasagaki muttered quietly.

Nakatsuka shook his head. "She had the makeup for it. Done up to the nines, and this place is hardly a stone's throw from her house. And how 'bout that performance?"

"You saying her tears were as fake as her lashes?"

"Your words, not mine." Nakatsuka smiled, then his face went hard. "They should be done questioning. Sasagaki, you mind seeing her home?"

"Sure thing." Sasagaki gave a light bow of his head and headed for the door.

Most of the onlookers outside had gone, replaced by a gaggle of newspaper reporters. It looked like one of the television stations was there, too.

Sasagaki glanced over the parked police vehicles and spotted Yaeko Kirihara in the back seat of the second car from the front. Kobayashi was sitting next to her and Koga was in the passenger seat. Sasagaki walked over and rapped on the rear-door window. Kobayashi opened the door and stepped out.

"How's it going?"

"We've gone over pretty much everything. Honestly, she's still a little ruffled," Kobayashi said, covering his mouth with his hand.

"Did you have her check his belongings?"

"I did. Wallet's missing. And a lighter."

"She remembered a missing lighter?"

"A Dunhill. They're expensive."

Sasagaki grunted. "When's the last time she saw him?"

"He left the house some time between two and three yesterday. Didn't say where he was going. She got worried when he didn't come back in the morning and was about to call the police when she got the call they'd found him."

"Anything about someone inviting him out?"

"She doesn't know. Says she can't remember if there was a phone call before he left the house, either."

"Anything unusual about him when he left?"

"Nothing out of the ordinary."

Sasagaki scratched his chin. There was nothing here to go on. Nothing at all. "I figure she doesn't have any guesses who it might be?"

Kobayashi frowned and shook his head.

"She know anything about the building?"

"Asked that. She knew it was here but had no idea what kind of place it was. She says this was her first time in it today, and she'd never heard her husband talk about it before."

Product details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Minotaur Books; Translation edition (November 8, 2016)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 560 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 125010579X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250105790
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.38 x 9 inches
• #5,985 in International Mystery & Crime (Books)
• #15,706 in Murder Thrillers
• #16,675 in Police Procedurals (Books)

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First Thoughts: Journey Under the Midnight Sun

As Detective Sasagaki probes for clues, suspicion falls on several people, including the victim’s wife, an employee in the pawnshop, an almost destitute female customer that he’d been known to visit, and the customer’s lover.

As days turn into weeks, nobody is caught for the crime, and eventually the police are forced to shelf the investigation, though Sasagaki keeps the case alive in his mind.

From here, two of the book’s main characters emerge: Ryo Kirihara, the only son of the murdered man; and Yukiho Fumiya, daughter of the customer who’d been in the frame for the crime until her death due to a gas leak.

And it is these two, and their lives from adolescence through to adulthood, that the book follows in threads that, though separate and distinct, still can’t help but shadow one another.

As children, both seem odd and almost emotionless in their nature; Yukiho pretty but overly mature, hyper-worldly, Ryo disconnected and almost vacuous in terms of personality. In school, during her teens, Yukiho develops into a real beauty, captivating boys and men with her elegance. Even so, she is followed by discreet but persistent rumours about her past.

In time, she marries well and succeeds in business by opening an upmarket fashion boutique, though she seems — at least through those who become close to her — almost intimately connected with tragedy.

Ryu, meanwhile, carves out a different but no less successful future, falling early on — and all too capably — into a life of crime, first as a pimp peddling schoolmates as gigolos to bored housewives, and then through a piracy racket involving computer games.

Keigo Higashino’s fifth novel to cross over into English is a truly epic crime thriller. Spanning two decades from the early 1970s, populated by a dense role-call of characters, intricately plotted and paced and with a genuinely stunning ending, Journey Under the Midnight Sun has to rank easily among the year’s elite offerings, both in the genre and also beyond.

Best known in the west as author of the critically acclaimed blockbuster, The Devotion of Suspect X, and labelled now as ‘the Japanese Stieg Larsson’, a somewhat tiresome marketing gimmick that actually only serves to understate the breadth of the author’s immense storytelling talents and literary nous, Higashino has long enjoyed enormous success in his own country.

Journey Under the Midnight Sun — initially published in 1999, and just one of dozens that he has written over a 30-year career — has achieved homeland sales of more than two million copies and been triumphantly adaptated for the stage, television, and twice for the big screen.

So much about this novel impresses, from the construction of such a complex and intriguing plot, the employing of shifting narrative perspectives, the insightful psychological portrayals of the main players, and the vivid, well-rounded depictions of even minor characters, right through to the quite stunning ability of the author to sustain the mystery and tension over such a span of 20 years and more than 500 pages.

Ultimately, though, the real wonder of a novel like this is in the manipulation of detail. The prose style, at least in translation, is clean, plain-spoken and never less than subservient to the tale being spun, and yet every morsel of fact within these pages plays a part in holding the skeleton of this story upright and alive.

Very few writers in any genre display such narrative ambition, and very few are as compulsively readable.

Journey Under the Midnight Sun

Keigo Higashino (translated by Alexander O Smith, with Joseph Reeder)

Dalkey Archive, £13.99; Kindle, £8.53

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