The Devotion Of Suspect X

Yasuko lever et stille liv. Hun arbejder i Tokyo og er en god mor til sit barn. Men da hendes eksmand pludselig dukker op på hendes dørtrin en dag, ændrer alting sig. Keigo Higashino står bag "The Devotion of Suspect X", der handler om Yasukos skæbne. Detektiv Kusanagi fra Tokyo Politi prøver at finde ud af hvad der skete dén dag, og imens han samler de mange brikker i puslespillet, går det op for ham, at han aldrig har undersøgt en så mystisk sag før. Der er ingenting der giver mening. "The Devotion of Suspect X" er en thriller uden lige.

Yasuko lever et stille liv. Hun arbejder i Tokyo og er en god mor til sit barn. Men da hendes eksmand pludselig dukker op på hendes dørtrin en dag, ændrer alting sig. Keigo Higashino står bag "The Devotion of Suspect X", der handler om Yasukos skæbne. Detektiv Kusanagi fra Tokyo Politi prøver at finde ud af hvad der skete dén dag, og imens han samler de mange brikker i puslespillet, går det op for ham, at han aldrig har undersøgt en så mystisk sag før. Der er ingenting der giver mening. "The Devotion of Suspect X" er en thriller uden lige.

Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor. Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko's next door neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body but plotting the cover-up step-by-step. When the body turns up and is identified, Detective Kusanagi draws the case and Yasuko comes under suspicion. Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko's manufactured alibi and yet is still sure that there's something wrong. Kusanagi brings in Dr. Manabu Yukawa, a physicist and college friend who frequently consults with the police. Yukawa, known to the police by the nickname Professor Galileo, went to college with Ishigami. After meeting up with him again, Yukawa is convinced that Ishigami had something to do with the murder. What ensues is a high level battle of wits, as Ishigami tries to protect Yasuko by outmaneuvering and outthinking Yukawa, who faces his most clever and determined opponent yet.

Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor. Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko's next door neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body but plotting the cover-up step-by-step. When the body turns up and is identified, Detective Kusanagi draws the case and Yasuko comes under suspicion. Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko's manufactured alibi and yet is still sure that there's something wrong. Kusanagi brings in Dr. Manabu Yukawa, a physicist and college friend who frequently consults with the police. Yukawa, known to the police by the nickname Professor Galileo, went to college with Ishigami. After meeting up with him again, Yukawa is convinced that Ishigami had something to do with the murder. What ensues is a high level battle of wits, as Ishigami tries to protect Yasuko by outmaneuvering and outthinking Yukawa, who faces his most clever and determined opponent yet.