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Book SynopsisThe Final Curtain brings the story of Detective Kaga to a surprising conclusion in a series of rich, surprising twists with a confounding murder in Tokyo connected to the mystery of the disappearance and death of Detective Kaga''s own mother.
A decade ago, Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga went to collect the ashes of his recently deceased mother. Years before, she ran away from her husband and son without explanation or any further contact, only to die alone in an apartment far away, leaving her estranged son with many unanswered questions.
Now in Tokyo, Michiko Oshitani is found dead many miles from home. Strangled to death, left in the bare apartment rented under a false name by a man who has disappeared without a trace. Oshitani lived far away in Sendai, with no known connection to Tokyo - and neither her family nor friends have any idea why she would have gone there.
Hers is the second strangulation death in that approximate area
Trade Review
Beautifully written and superbly translated * First Clue *
Brilliantly twisty... Higashino metes out the plot's surprises slowly, prioritizing Kaga's emotional response to the investigation. This poignant fair-play whodunit is sure to thrill fans of golden age detective fiction * Publishers Weekly *
An intricate, many-layered puzzle * Kirkus *
