Join the North Providence Mystery Book Club on Tuesday July
6, 2021. We will be reading The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. This
story takes place in Japan, and is the first featuring Manabu Yukawa, known as
“Professor Galileo”.
The book description from the publisher’s website is “Yasuko
Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her
abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her,
threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly
escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor.
Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko's next door neighbor, middle-aged high school
mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body
but plotting the cover-up step-by-step. When the body turns up and is
identified, Detective Kusanagi draws the case and Yasuko comes under suspicion.
Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko's manufactured alibi and
yet is still sure that there's something wrong. Kusanagi brings in Dr. Manabu
Yukawa, a physicist and college friend who frequently consults with the police.
Yukawa, known to the police by the nickname Professor Galileo, went to college
with Ishigami. After meeting up with him again, Yukawa is convinced that
Ishigami had something to do with the murder. What ensues is a high level
battle of wits, as Ishigami tries to protect Yasuko by outmaneuvering and
outthinking Yukawa, who faces his most clever and determined opponent yet.”
We will be meeting at 6:30 pm using the Zoom App. Contact
Sara at the reference desk for more information, and the link.
