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I am really becoming very fond of Higahino. In every book he has surprised me. This one is a perfectly crafted murder tale where the murder takes second place to the Columbo-like working back (not quite but you can easily guess the culprit about 2/3 through. But he is original in his slicing horizontally through the vertical plot timeline, taking time with each chapter reveling characters, their lives, how they played (or did not) in the outcome. I wish he would be translated more becuase he is a fine craftsman.