A Midsummer's Equation

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Call Number: Mystery / Higashino, Keigo, Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / General / Higashino, Keigo
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Traverwood Branch

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"Manabu Yukawa, the physicist known as "Detective Galileo," has traveled to Hari Cove, a once-popular summer resort town that has fallen on hard times. He is there to speak at a conference on a planned underwater mining operation, which has sharply divided the town. One faction is against the proposed operation, concerned about the environmental impact on the area, known for its pristine waters. The other faction, seeing no future in the town as it is, believes its only hope lies in the development project. The night after the tense panel discussion, one of the resort's guests is found dead on the seashore at the base of the local cliffs. The local police at first believe it was a simple accident-that he wandered over the edge while walking on unfamiliar territory in the middle of the night. But when they discover that the victim was a former policeman and that the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, they begin to suspect he was murdered, and his body tossed off the cliff to misdirect the police. As the police try to uncover where Tsukahara was killed and why, Yukawa finds himself enmeshed in yet another confounding case of murder. In a series of twists as complex and surprising as any in Higashino's brilliant, critically acclaimed work, Galileo uncovers the hidden relationship behind the tragic events that led to this murder"-- Provided by publisher.

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So-so mystery, but worth it for the character writing submitted by eilusk on August 20, 2022, 2:08pm The methods and motives of the murder mystery in this book (and how Detective Galileo solves it) are really similar to the previous two books in this series ("Salvation of a Saint" and "The Devotion of Suspect X"), but not executed quite as cleverly or with as much drama and pathos, in my opinion.

However, I really liked this novel anyway because it gave more of a perspective into the main character's personal beliefs and motivations. His friendship/mentor relationship with a young boy was very cute and engaging and had a great dramatic payoff at the end of the novel.

In my opinion, readers should definitely not start the Detective Galileo series with this book, but this one is worth the read.