Henning Juul is a crime reporter and returns to work after a long break due to a fire in his flat that killed his six-year-old son. The fire not only left him a scar on his face, it also ended his marriage as well. On his first day, a young…
Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who lives with her teenaged daughter Misato after she left her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When Togashi shows up one day to ask for money and threatens both of them, the situation ends up in an unexpected way. Togashi ends up dead on her…
Yoshino Ishibashi is an insurance saleswoman. When she is found strangled at Mitsuse Pass, her family and colleagues are shocked and terrified. Keigo who is a college student becomes the primary suspect as he disappears for several days after the murder and according to Yoshino’s friends, she was going…
The story begins with Waldo Lydecker expresses his thoughts and feelings of grief at losing Laura but interrupted by a surprise visit of Mack McPherson, the detective that is assigned to investigate the murder case. Laura's housekeeper comes to work one Saturday morning, opens the door, and finds Laura lying…
When I was reading the first few chapters of the book, coincidentally, the movie was shown on tv and it was a great chance for me to get to know both versions of the story. I don’t mind spoilers because I knew that usually movies which are based from…
Luther Whitney, a professional burglar for most of his life, is in a wrong house at a wrong time. This is not an ordinary burglary where Luther can just sneak in and out freely with no troubles. Trapped behind a two-way mirror in a country house in Maryland, Luther witnesses…
The story begins with Brennan sifting through the remains of a nun, proposed for sainthood in the grounds of a church. Hours after she gets home, she’s called to the scene of a devastating house fire where a young family has perished. Who were these people? How the fire…
Seth Hubbard, a wealthy man who is struggling with lung cancer, was found to have hanged himself on a sycamore tree. He writes a new handwritten will before his death and delivered by mail to Jake Brigance’s office. The new holographic will renounced a will he filed the year…
Philip Marlowe, a private investigator, got hired by a sick millionaire to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters. As the investigation goes further, Marlowe gets caught up in more complications – kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder. Besides the complexity of the case, he also needs to handle…
Nick, a former detective, is spending the Christmas and New Year's holidays in New York with his wife, Nora. While waiting for Nora to finish her shopping, Nick is having his drink in a speakeasy where he bumps into the daughter of an old client of his, Clyde Wynant. Wynant…