Naoko  (English, Paperback, Higashino Keigo)

Firstly, living in the Northeast of India, Flipkart has been the one constant supply source for books. Delivery was rather timely. The book quality is very good. The pages are not paper thin but slightly thicker than usual, the print is clear and even when reading, the binding is solid and does not show signs of coming apart.

The book itself was surprisingly easy to go through. Clear and succinct. The plot can be very disturbing but makes you cry out (as I did) at the end. Like so many ot...

Ever since I read Higashino's "The Devotion of Suspect X", I have looked for all his books that have been translated into English. Naoko is not like the other two, which are essentially crime novels. I am not sure which genre to slot this into. I have seen it being referred to in different places as a mystery, a black comedy, a supernatural story ...and, I guess it is a bit of everything. There are multiple layers in the narrative though, at the core, I saw it as a story about dealing and com...