The persistent pursuit of a genius physicist begins, challenging an elaborate murder equation!

Considered the essence of Keigo Higashino's literature, the mystery novel "The Devotion of Suspect X." Yang Eok-gwan, a professional translator of Japanese literature, extensively revised his translation, fully resurrecting the literary fragrance and emotion of the original work. This sad and beautiful story intricately weaves a classic and romantic theme of love and devotion, unlike the brutality or bizarre horror often seen in Japanese mystery novels, and was awarded the 134th Naoki Prize.

In an apartment complex near Edogawa, Tokyo, a middle-aged man is murdered by a mother and daughter. The deceased man is Togashi, the divorced second husband of Hanaoka Yasuko, a woman who was once a bar hostess but now works at a bento shop raising her daughter Masato from her first marriage. When he comes to extort money and resorts to violence, the mother and daughter impulsively strangle him to death. Ishigami, a high school math teacher living next door, coincidentally becomes aware of the incident and offers to help her.

Ishigami, who has secretly harbored deep feelings for Yasuko, sets out to create a perfect crime. Having been called a once-in-a-century genius during his university days, he devises an airtight alibi and meticulously instructs the mother and daughter on how to respond to police interrogations, thereby confusing the police investigation. The day after the incident, the body of a middle-aged man with an unrecognizable face is discovered, and the police identify it as Togashi's.

Yasuko emerges as a strong suspect, and the police exert all efforts to confirm her alibi but yield no significant results. With the investigation at a standstill, Detective Kusanagi sends an S.O.S. to the genius physicist, affectionately known as 'Detective Galileo,' Yukawa, who has appeared whenever Kusanagi faced difficulties, providing clues to solve cases. Yukawa hears Ishigami's name, Yasuko's neighbor, from Kusanagi and recalls that Ishigami was a university classmate who, despite having a different major, recognized each other's genius, and he intuitively senses Ishigami's involvement in the case...

☞ Awards
- 134th Naoki Prize
- 2006 Honkaku Mystery Award

The Devotion of Suspect X

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