Salvation of a Saint: A Detective Galileo Novel (Detective Galileo Series, 2) Paperback – September 9, 2014

this is the second book of his that I've read. I am satisfied of what I'm reading.the story is simple but has a very deep meaning inside. Yeah, not as simple as it looks.i understand why the book cover portray a woman , because the story is about women.sometimes woman understand each other, even without reason. the this story is all that about.finding a reason why a woman did a certain behavior.the story is light, just follow the flow and you will find the light :)

Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino is the second book of the Detective Galileo series, the first being the hugely popular Devotion of Suspect X (see my review here)The series revolves around Inspector Shunpei Kusanagi and his friend, Manabu Yukawa, a physics professor who, occasionally, helps Kusanagi solve some of his most challenging cases, and is known as the Galileo detective.This story starts with the death of a wealthy business man, Yoshitaka Mashiba, by arsenic poisoning. There is one prime suspect – Yoshitaka’s wife Ayane, but she has an iron clad alibi. Working on the case are detective Kusanagi and his assistant Kaoru Utsumi, with some help from Prof. Yukawa.Salvation of a Saint is what I call as “minimalist suspense thriller”. There is only one suspect, that too with a perfect alibi, very few characters, very few (and very subtle) clues. It is very clear, within the first few pages, who committed the murder and why. And it takes the rest of the book to figure out how!! It is really commendable that the author has managed to keep interest levels high and the narrative simulating enough to keep reading. By the time I was half-way thru, the only thing I wanted to know was how it was done. The book was simply un-put-down-able.After the ‘The devotion of suspect X’, I had very high expectations from this book and it certainly lives up to it. A very intelligent book, indeed.For fans of mystery genre, both this and The Devotion of Suspect X is a must read.PS: In some marketing/PR stuff, Higashino is referred to as “The Japanese Stieg Larsson. This is a very unfair comparison (both to Higashino as well as to Larsson). There is very little in common between the their writings, apart from the fact that both belong to the broader genre of thrillers and were translated to English.PS: Keigo Higashino’s next novel ‘Journey Under the Midnight Sun’ is releasing on October 08, 2015 and I am already excited about it.

This book has the two essential ingredients of a first rate mystery: a terrific puzzle and fair play, i.e. the puzzle is solved as a result of persistent effort and brilliant deduction rather than by dint of the author tossing in some last minute surprises or coincidences. And if a mystery that revolves around bottled water, coffee grounds, and a kettle could keep me riveted for the duration, you can also be sure that the characters are well-developed and that the writing is superb. This was an immensely satisfying read, prompting me to now order its predecessor, The Devotion of Suspect X.

I really enjoyed this second book in a series, although I actually liked book 1 better. I love the way Kiego Higashino writes and the translation of his writing. He writes so one can actually feel as though they know each character personally. I could actually picture how I thought each character would look and sound as I read this story. It's not that I didn't enjoy this second book, but I liked the story in book one better. Kiego Higashino really writes beautifully, at least I think so. It was a clever plot and I totally disliked the husband character. I'm not going to give away anything about this book. It was a good mystery, very well written and I will continue to read everything by this author.

Compare it to first book, this one feels weird almost stupid even. But please don't let this review hinder you from read this book. In the end it's a good book.

What a great and interesting suspense writer is Keigo Higashino! Having recently read lots of Christie and Simenon, and then a little Seicho Matsumoto, this writer stands up very well. He brings the requisite energy and mood to his complex stories, a world that one fully inhabits as the narrative unfolds. Kudos also to translator Alexander O Smith for helping to bring these books alive. This is my 3rd read after Devotion of Suspect X and Malice, both very good in their own ways. Salvation of a Saint sets a similar tone, overworked detectives drifting around Tokyo locales and hanging out in 24 hour restaurants, storylines with multiples twists, some science and philosophy thrown in courtesy of Professor Yukawa. Tokyo, especially the night time, is a key character in the narrative. I especially liked too the work of Detective Kusanagi in this one, he eschews the purely forensic approach to gradually reveal a mysterious and affecting back story. This one also has elements of a locked room mystery .... and another of the strong bonds between women, in this case, it turns out, three women. It's a world i regretted leaving when the case wraps up. Anymore spoils the mystery but I really look forward to more translations from Mr Higashino.

He always writes great stories. I enjoyed the Detective Galileo Series. I am looking forward to reading more his books!

M favourite of the higashino books. So much of the book holds you through the daIalogue and the conversation in its exceptional simplicity.

I've recently found this author and I think he's a great read. I've read 4 books now and will definitely be reading more, my opinion .. try one

Maybe it's me, but I can't get over my fascination with this author and with the intriguing way he unravels his plots.You start out thinking his detectives will solve a certain type of puzzle, but then you end up discovering that it's a totally different kind of puzzle and that the tale is so much more complicated than it looked at the beginning. So Higashino deflects your attention every time and he does it so masterfully that you're taken in without even noticing.And I couldn't love it more!

C'est une excellente intrigue policière, bien pensée, complexe et qui tient (partiellement) en haleine jusqu'à la fin, je dis partiellement car dès le début, on sait qui est coupable, ce qu'on ne sait pas c'est comment.Pour le reste, je me suis ennuyée ferme. En achetant un "whodunit" japonais, je pensais "voyager" au Japon, et bien zéro. Ni les paysages, ni les lieux ne sont décrits, les personnages n'existent que pour l'enquête et n'ont pas d'autres vies. On est à des années lumières de Peter May qui nous fait voyager et vivre aux Hébrides, de Indridason qui nous transporte en Islande, de Jean Failer qui nous fait parcourir la Bretagne, où des voyages sociologiques dans l'Amérique plutôt riche de M. H. Clark ou plutôt modeste de Linwood Barclay.Disons pour passer le temps, plutôt que de lire ce roman sans âme, j'aurais tout aussi bien pu passer mon temps sur un problème mathématique, cela m'aurait davantage distrait.