Chapter 1 Burning
Chapter 2: Transfer
Chapter 3 Rot
Chapter 4 Explode
Chapter 5: Departure

A genius physicist tackles the mystery of mysterious supernatural phenomena!

Keigo Higashino, who has swept Japan's major literary awards, including the Edogawa Ranpo Award for his debut work "After School" in 1985, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for "Himi" in 1999, and the 134th Naoki Prize for "The Devotion of Suspect X" in 2006, is a popular writer who is truly representative of Japan today.

The new book, "Detective Galileo," retains the meticulous structure, speedy development, and vividness that are characteristic of Keigo Higashino's novels, yet it is a very unique work that feels different from his previous novels.


You could call it a ‘science mystery’… … .
The novel, which is structured as a five-part series, begins with a mysterious death in each part.
Strange deaths that cannot even be distinguished as murder or accidental death… … .
Here, a genius physicist appears and begins to uncover the truth behind events that seem supernatural and beyond the understanding of ordinary people.

The author throws out difficult problems that are difficult for the average person to imagine, one by one, and engages readers in a brain game, such as when flames suddenly burst from the heads of young people chatting in a quiet residential alley, or when a boy appears to prove a suspect's alibi through astral projection.
And the scientific principles hidden behind these mysterious phenomena are explained through the mouths of genius scientists.
In the process, readers will feel a sense of mystery, and at times a sense of horror, about wondrous phenomena that defy common sense.


Behind these characteristics of the novel lies the author's rather unique background.
Born in Osaka in 1958, Keigo Higashino graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Osaka Prefecture University. He worked as an engineer and began writing novels in his spare time. It was only after his debut novel, "After School," won the Edogawa Ranpo Award that he finally chose to become a full-time writer.
As can be guessed from his background, the scientific principles that appear in his works are based on very solid theories and evidence, and are precisely intertwined to produce conclusions.
And as with all of Keigo Higashino's works, every little incident and action is intricately interwoven to create a rush toward the conclusion, ensuring that readers cannot relax for a moment or miss a single detail.


The "Detective Galileo" series was made into a Japanese TV drama series, the Fuji TV 9 o'clock drama, aka "Getsugu (月9)", in October of last year, and became a huge hit, recording an astonishing 24.7% viewership rating for the first episode. Thanks to this, the total sales of the second series, "Precognitive Dream," and the third series, "The Devotion of Suspect X," combined, exceeded 3 million copies.
The series is set to be made into a movie this fall as the drama gains explosive popularity.

This summer, readers are expected to once again immerse themselves in the literary world of Keigo Higashino through "Detective Galileo," which provides intellectual enjoyment while also fully demonstrating the true nature of mystery novels.