Salvation of a Saint
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| Author | Keigo Higashino |
|---|---|
| Original title |
Seijo no Kyūsai 聖女の救済 |
| Translator | Alexander O. Smith |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Series | Detective Galileo |
| Genre | Crime / Mystery novel |
| Publisher |
Bungeishunjū (Japanese) Minotaur Books (English) |
Publication date | 2008 |
Published in English | 2012 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages |
378 (Japanese) 336 (English) |
| ISBN |
978-4-163-27610-6 (Japanese)ISBN 978-0-312-60068-6 (English) |
| Preceded by | The Devotion of Suspect X |
| Followed by |
Galileo no Kunō ガリレオの苦悩 |
Salvation of a Saint (聖女の救済 Seijo no Kyūsai) is a 2008 novel by Keigo Higashino, the fourth in his Detective Galileo series. The English translation was published in 2012.
Plot
Yoshitaka Mashiba, who was about to leave his marriage and his wife, is poisoned by arsenic-laced coffee and dies. His wife, Ayane, is the obvious suspect—but she was hundreds of miles away when he was murdered. The Police Detective Kusanagi refuses to believe that she could have had anything to do with the crime. His assistant, Kaoru Utsumi, however, is convinced Ayane is guilty. While Utsumi’s instincts tell her one thing, the facts of the case are another matter. So she does what her boss has done for years when stymied—she calls upon Professor Manabu Yukawa.