Salvation of a Saint: A Detective Galileo Novel [Paperback]

From the author of the internationally bestselling, award-winningThe Devotion of Suspect Xcomes the latest novel featuring Detective Galileo

In 2011,The Devotion of Suspect Xwas a hit with critics and readers alike. The first major English language publication from the most popular bestselling writer in Japan, it was acclaimed as stunning, brilliant, and ingenious. Now physics professor Manabu YukawaDetective Galileoreturns in a new case of impossible murder, where instincts clash with facts and theory with reality.

Yoshitaka, who was about to leave his marriage and his wife, is poisoned by arsenic-laced coffee and dies. His wife, Ayane, is the logical suspectexcept that she was hundreds of miles away when he was murdered. The lead detective, Tokyo Police Detective Kusanagi, is immediately smitten with her and refuses to believe that she could have had anything to do with the crime. His assistant, Kaoru Utsumi, however, is convinced Ayane is guilty. While Utsumi's instincts tell her one thing, the facts of the case are another matter. So she does what her boss has done for years when stymiedshe calls upon Professor Manabu Yukawa.

But even the brilliant mind of Dr. Yukawa has trouble with this one, and he must somehow find a way to solve an impossible murder and capture a very real, very deadly murderer.

Salvation of a Saintis Keigo Higashino at his mind-bending best, pitting emotion against fact in a beautifully plotted crime novel filled with twists and reverses that will astonish and surprise even the most attentive and jaded of readers.

Brilliant ... While readers of classic mysteries will be delighted with the elegant solution, the book will also appeal to fans of procedurals that carefully develop the relationships among the investigative team members. Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

A retro puzzler that recalls Anthony Berkeley's classic The Poisoned Chocolates Case. lÄ