Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino

Yoshitaka, who was about to leave his marriage and his wife, is poisoned by arsenic-laced coffee and dies. His wife, Ayane, is the logical suspectΓÇöexcept that she was hundreds of miles away when he was murdered. The lead detective, Tokyo Police Detective Kusanagi, is immediately smitten with her and 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 UtsumiΓÇÖs instincts tell her one thing, the facts of the case are another matter. So she does what her boss has done for years when stymiedΓÇöshe calls upon Professor Manabu Yukawa.

But even the brilliant mind of Dr. Yukawa has trouble with this one, and he must somehow find a way to solve an impossible murder and capture a very real, very deadly murderer.

Salvation for a Saint is Keigo Higashino at his mind-bending best, pitting emotion against fact in a beautifully plotted crime novel filled with twists and reverses that will astonish and surprise even the most attentive and jaded of readers

Genre: Mystery Thriller