Hideo Yokoyama – författare

A Financial Times Translated Fiction Book of the YearTranslated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai Minoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built in the shadow of Mount Asama. Aose has never been able to replicate this triumph and his career seems to have hit a barrier, while his marriage has failed. He is shocked to learn that the Yoshino House is empty apart from a single chair, stood facing the north light of nearby Mount Asama.How can he live with the rejection of the work he had put his heart and soul into, the dream house he would have loved to own himself? Aose determines that he must discover the truth behind this cruel and inexplicable dismissal of the Yoshino house and in doing so will find out a truth that goes back to the core of who he is. Plotted with the subtlety of his bestselling masterpiece Six Four, The North Light is Yokoyama at his elusive, tantalising and surprising best.

''This novel is a real, out-of-the-blue original. I''ve never read anything like it'' New York Times Book ReviewTHE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE ITV SERIES STARRING KEVIN McKIDD AND VINETTE ROBINSON.THE MILLION-SELLING JAPANESE CRIME PHENOMENON, NOW A UK BESTSELLER.SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER.NAMED IN NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017.SIX FOUR.THE NIGHTMARE NO PARENT COULD ENDURE. THE CASE NO DETECTIVE COULD SOLVE. THE TWIST NO READER COULD PREDICT. For five days in January 1989, the parents of a seven-year-old Tokyo schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter''s kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. They would never see their daughter again.For the fourteen years that followed, the Japanese public listened to the police''s apologies. They would never forget the botched investigation that became known as ''Six Four''. They would never forgive the authorities their failure.For one week in late 2002, the press officer attached to the police department in question confronted an anomaly in the case. He could never imagine what he would uncover. He would never have looked if he''d known what he would find.Loved Six Four and want more Yokoyama? Then why not try Seventeen or Prefecture D . . .

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SIX FOUR: A TENSE INVESTIGATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN AIR DISASTER.''He''s a master'' New York Times Book Review''Very different . . . to almost anything out there'' Observer1985. Kazumasa Yuuki, a seasoned reporter at the North Kanto Times, runs a daily gauntlet against the power struggles and office politics that plague its newsroom. But when an air disaster of unprecedented scale occurs on the paper''s doorstep, its staff are united by an unimaginable horror, and a once-in-a-lifetime scoop.2002. Seventeen years later, Yuuki remembers the adrenaline-fuelled, emotionally charged seven days that changed his and his colleagues'' lives. He does so while making good on a promise he made that fateful week - one that holds the key to its last unsolved mystery, and represents Yuuki''s final, unconquered fear.''Seventeen is a brilliant novel on any level - it''s a gripping page turner, while remaining moving and complex. It''s a deeply satisfying read and it will be a while before I read anything as good'' William Ryan''An astringent, unforgiving picture of modern Japanese society'' Guardian

A collection of four novellas: each taking place in 1998, each set in the world of Six Four, and each centring around a mystery and the unfortunate officer tasked with solving it.SEASON OF SHADOWS"The force could lose face . . . I want you to fix this." Personnel''s Futawatari receives a horrifying memo forcing him to investigate the behaviour of a legendary detective with unfinished business.CRY OF THE EARTH"It''s too easy to kill a man with a rumour." Shinto of Internal Affairs receives an anonymous tipoff alleging a Station Chief is visiting the red-light district ­- a warning he soon learns is a red herring.BLACK LINES"It was supposed to be her special day." Section Chief Nanao, responsible for the force''s 49 female officers, is alarmed to learn her star pupil has not reported for duty, and is believed to be missing.BRIEFCASE"We need to know what he''s going to ask." On the eve of a routine debate, Political Liaison Tsuge learns a wronged politician is preparing his revenge. He must now quickly dig up dirt to silence him.Prefecture D continues Hideo Yokoyama''s exploration of the themes of obsession, saving face, office politics and inter-departmental conflicts. Placing everyday characters between a rock and a hard place and then dialling up the pressure, he blends and balances the very Japanese with the very accessible, to spectacular effect.

Rikos, jota kukaan ei pystynyt ratkaisemaan

Hideo Yokoyaman 64-dekkarissa tokiolainen poliisi ryhtyy tutkimaan uudelleen neljäntoista vuoden takaista kidnappausdraamaa.

Viisi piinallisen pitkää päivää tammikuussa 1989. Seitsemänvuotiaan japanilaistytön vanhemmat kuuntelevat heidän tyttärensä kidnappaajan vaatimuksia. Kaappaajan henkilöllisyys ei selviä heille koskaan. He eivät enää ikinä näe tytärtään.

Seuraavan neljäntoista vuoden aikana saadaan jatkuvasti kuunnella poliisin anteeksipyyntöjä. Mutta ihmiset eivät voi unohtaa kaappauksen tutkintaa ja poliisin täydellistä epäonnistumista tapauksessa, joka tulee tunnetuksi nimellä 64.

64-tapauksen arpia kantavan poliisin Yoshinobu Mikamin oma tytär katoaa jälkiä jättämättä. Epätoivoinen Mikami palaa tutkimuksissaan häntä neljätoista vuotta piinanneen kidnappauksen vaiheisiin ja törmää hälyttävään yksityiskohtaan, jota kukaan ei kaappauksen tapahtuessa huomannut. Tutkiessaan yksityiskohtaa tarkemmin Mikami löytää jotain, minkä varjelemiseksi hänen kollegansa ovat valmiita uhraamaan uransa ja jopa henkensä. Jotain, minkä ei koskaan olisi pitänyt tapahtua.