Keigo Higashino

Tunnel vision is no way to make it as a researcher. Your assumptions are your worst enemies. Trust them too much, and you’ll fail to see what’s right under your nose.

“Murder is murder. Everything else is just details.”

I knew there was no point in thinking about it, yet the regret was hard to keep down

I had no idea what that had to do with anything. Maybe it was just another example of the odd way that detectives saw the world.

Therein lies Nonoguchi’s aim: to create a fictional account of the events in order to divert suspicion from himself.

I was desperately trying to remain calm, when in fact my heart was racing so fast, I thought I might pass out at any moment.

The look in his eyes made me flinch, even though my brain was off wondering about completely unrelated things, such as why this man loved saying personally all the time.

“It’s a pun,” he said. “Namiya and nayami, the Japanese word for problems, woes, whatever.”

The General Store That Answers Your Woes.

if you don’t understand something, don’t assume people owe you an explanation—try to figure it out yourself.