No, looked at historically, the only true contenders for world’s finest super-sleuth are Holmes and Poirot (with Wolfe and G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown close behind)
April 18, 2021
April 17, 2021
Newcomer Characters
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Mineko Mitsui—victim
Kyoichiro Kaga—detective, Nihonbashi Precinct
OMAKARA, THE RICE CRACKER SHOP
Satoko Kamikawa—grandmother
Naho Kamikawa—granddaughter
Fumitaka Kamikawa—son of Satoko and father of Naho
Shinichi Takura—insurance agent
MATSUYA, A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE RESTAURANT
Yoriko—manager and co-owner
Taiji—co-owner with his wife,
Yoriko Shuhei—apprentice
Katsuya—apprentice
YANAGISAWA’S CHINA SHOP
Naoya Yanagisawa—husband and son
Maki Yanagisawa—wife and daughter-in-law
Suzue Yanagisawa—mother and mother-in-law
TERADA’S CLOCK SHOP
Genichi Terada—owner of the shop
Shimako Terada—wife of Genichi
Kanae Terada—daughter of Genichi and Shimako
Akifumi Yoneoka—apprentice
QUATTRO, A PASTRY SHOP
Miyuki—clerk
Reiko Nakanishi—manager Kenichi—Miyuki’s partner
Kenichi - customer, friend of Miyuki
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Koki Kiyose - Mineko’s son
Naohiro Kiyose - Koki’s father
Ami Aoyama - Koki’s girlfriend
Machiko Fujiwara (Machi) - Mineko’s friend
FRIEND OF THE TRANSLATOR
Tamiko Yoshioka
Koji Tachibana - reino
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLEANING COMPANY
Ikuo Yamada - actor
Shinozuka - director
Shizuko Takamachi - lawyer
Yosaku Kishida - accountant, Reiko Nakanishi’s father-in-law
Yuri Miyamoto - secretary
Tokiko - Yuri’s mother
HOZUKIYA, A HANDICRAFTS SHOP
Masayo Fujiyama—owner
Misaki Sugawara—part-time worker
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Shota - Reiko’s son
Katsuya Kishida - Reiko Nakanishi’s husband
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Koki Kiyose—son of the victim
Naohiro Kiyose—ex-husband of the victim
Tamiko Yoshioka—translator and friend of the victim Yuri Miyamoto—new secretary to Naohiro Kiyose Yosaku Kishida—accountant to Naohiro Kiyose
THE DETECTIVE OF NIHONBASHI
Hiroshi Uesugi—detective, Tokyo Metropolitan Police, Homicide Division
April 14, 2021
May 10 - Newcomer by Keigo Higashino
A New York Times Editor's Choice *
"Part Sherlock Holmes, part Harry Bosch, Higashino's hero is a quietly majestic force to be reckoned with." ―Kirkus Reviews (starred)
International bestseller Keigo Higashino returns with his latest mindbender―Newcomer―as newly transferred Tokyo Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga is assigned to a baffling murder.
Detective Kyochiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department has just been transferred to a new precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Newly arrived, but with a great deal of experience, Kaga is promptly assigned to the team investigating the murder of a woman. But the more he investigates, the greater number of potential suspects emerges. It isn’t long before it seems nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi have a motive for murder. To prevent the murderer from eluding justice, Kaga must unravel all the secrets surrounding a complicated life. Buried somewhere in the woman’s past, in her family history, and the last few days of her life is the clue that will lead to the murderer.
From the international bestseller Keigo Higashino, author of The Devotion of Suspect X, comes one of his finest works of crime fiction yet.
April 10, 2021
MURDER BELOW MONTPARNASSE:Characters
MURDER BELOW MONTPARNASSE: An Aimee Leduc Investigation by Cara Black
Leduc Detective - Aimée Leduc Investigations.
Aimee Leduc - Miles Davis
Mother - Sidney Leduc (Haader-Rofmein)
Renee Friant - CTO, Tradelert, Andy, Bob, Susie - Captain Phil
Saj de Rosnay
Maxence
Martine
Commissaire Morbier
Inspector Melac
Serge Pierre
Raphael Dombasle
Modligliani
Yuri Volodin - in butter
Piotr Volodin
Madame Natasha - Okhrana
Madame Figuer
Madame Belluci
Oleg Volodin - Tatyana
Damien Perret
Florent
Luebet
Serb/Feliks (Xylazine)
Goran
Morgane Tulle
Fleche
Servier
Bereskova
Svetla
Rasputin
Marina
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