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Laplace's Witch

by Keigo Higashino

Science and suspicion across two cases

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Science and suspicion across two cases

A death attributed to hydrogen sulfide poisoning brings geochemist Shusuke Aoe into a police investigation in a hot-spring town. When a similar incident occurs two months later in another part of Japan, the apparent parallels raise questions about the victims and whether the cases are connected. A young woman Aoe encountered at the first scene reappears, and unexplained events around her add another thread to the mystery. The setup brings crime investigation together with geochemistry and science-fiction elements, building its central puzzle around two deaths, a possible link, and events that resist easy explanation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers who enjoy crime mysteries with a scientific element.
  • For readers interested in stories that combine investigation with unexplained events.
  • For readers seeking a mystery set across different parts of Japan.

Themes

Scientific investigationCrime and mysteryUnexplained phenomenaConnections between separate cases

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Book overview

When a body is found in a hot-spring town, dead from hydrogen sulfide poisoning, geochemist Shusuke Aoe is brought in by the police to investigate. The death is written off as an accident, but something doesn't add up, and at the scene, Shusuke comes across a young woman searching for her missing friend. Two months later, he finds himself examining an almost identical incident in a completely different part of Japan. Are the cases related? Did the victims know each other? As these thoughts swirl around his head, Shusuke encounters the same young woman he met at the first crime scene. And before his very eyes, mysterious events begin to happen around her...
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