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The Devotion of Suspect X
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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On one level, The Devotion of Suspect X channels the vogue for offbeat psychological thrillers: a cerebral criminal, a physicist who moonlights as detective, lengthy mathematical discursions, all framed by a prose style that is as cool as a blade’s surface. But behind this is an essentially conventional tale of obsessive love and loneliness, and it’s this which drives the narrative onwards the quasi-intellectual trappings don’t quite mesh with the narrative to make an organic whole. Even a significant twist towards the end doesn’t fundamentally alter how we perceive the preceding events. Columbo-like, we know the identity of the guilty party from the start: the pleasure of the story is in seeing if and how they deal with their consciences and the police investigation.
The excellent David Pittu works hard at extracting every nuance, shade, and layer from the serviceable text. He seems to be able to anticipate the listener's own imaginative perception just where you'd imagine a tremor in the voice, or something spoken through gritted teeth, or with a sigh, he delivers just that, and right on time. It's uncanny. Where he comes up short is his performance of Yasuko, the single mother victimized by her ex-husband. Pittu portrays her with a tongue-tied gentleness, all downcast eyes and suppressed sighs; this sorrowful passivity in such a central character grates, becoming a reductive reminder of her victim status. But its author Higashino who must take the blame for this; Yasuko is a former nightclub hostess, which opens up all kinds of character possibilities and tensions that just aren't present here. Her relationship with her teen daughter is vitally important to the plot, but the daughter herself gets short shrift until a dramatic development only serves to underscore her absence from the book's main narrative.
Another cipher is Dr. Yukawa, the physicist who is called in to offer gnomish words of wisdom in some kind of consultancy capacity. He’s the star of a series of books published in Japan, and it’s a testament to the underlying efficiency and dramatic pull of the core story here that, despite the limited ambitions of this particular outing, listeners will certainly want to hear more from this potentially gripping franchise. Dafydd Phillips
Publisher's Summary
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.
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- AHRIMANSU
- 02-04-2022
4 and half starts
smooth yet engaging novel, that won't bore you down..and with certaint novelty with the ending twist..
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- David W McLeod
- 08-11-2018
gripping and suspenseful Tokyo thriller
This clevely crafted story starts with a murder, and then details how it didnt happen.
The three central characters play out a chess game with 3 players, each trying to stay one step ahead.
Wonderful dialogue, and detailed description of the human emotions at play in this murder mystery, make it a story you will want to rush through, but hoping it doesn't end.
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- Rebecca Rashleigh
- 11-06-2019
Slow but worth it for the end!
I struggled a little with this book for I found the story a little slow and at times boring mainly because I found it hard to comprehend the way the detectives were conducting the case until I learnt a little more about the Japanese legal system (I strongly advise doing a little research), once I learnt a bit about it I was then able to appreciate the story more. I enjoyed most of the Narrator's voices for each character except of that of his female characters (to me they sounded a little weak and pathetic which made me a little frustrated) but overall really great. If you like crime stories you might find this slow for the most part but stick to it till the end for the twist is one you will not see coming! I would give it 3.5 stars. It was entertaining but no Gone Girl.
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