Salvation of a saint - Keigo Higashino

pages: 330  published: 2012

A cheating husband, who has clearly announced to his wife that he is leaving her, is found dead in his home after drinking a cup of coffee. But the most obvious suspect, his wife, was out of town at the time of the murder. 

This is the second book in the "Detective Galileo" series. I thoroughly enjoyed the first novel "The devotion of suspect X". As often with detective series, the following books are not as great. Not saying that this was not an enjoyable read. It was, but knowing the characters, I was a bit more suspecting of the upcoming twists and turns. The main mystery in this story hangs mainly around specific impossibility and I felt more tangible information should and could have been shared with the reader, without giving away the final explanation. It would have made it a more enjoyable read, as I would have felt like I had more of a chance to come up with my own theory rather than know that all I could do was wait for the end of the book to finally have the clues to work everything out.