mind to the task, the detectives continue their investigation. Eventually, he other suspects drop away, and they settle on the wife being the murderer, but since she was so far away from the crime scene, it does seem she has committed the perfect crime. Frustrated, Kusanagi reluctantly lets Yukawa consult on the case.

Following several leads and working on intuition as much as procedures, the detectives discover threads leading to the victim's past. Yukawa offers his insights and deductive reasoning, especially in determining how the poison got into the victim's coffee. Yukawa relishes explaining his counterintuitive logic in a way that greatly irritates Kusanagi.

The mystery works well, and the writing and translation are highly readable. To be a really great novel, the detective characters could have been more substantive,Sen. John Kennedy John Neely KennedyMORE (R-La.) said Sunday that he was surprised at the length of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort Paul John ManafortOur Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Bannon trial date set in alleged border wall scam Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE's sentence last week.

"I thought it would be longer," Kennedy said on "Face the Nation."

"Mr. Manafort is a grifter," he continued. "He used to be a partner with Roger Stone Roger Jason StoneThe agony of justice Our Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Justice IG investigating Stone sentencing: report MORE. He’s — I’m sorry, Margaret — he's just a sleazoid. He’s always played at the margins."

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