Malice

Copyright

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

MALICE. Copyright © 1996 by Keigo Higashino. Translation copyright © 2014 by Alexander O. Smith. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Higashino, Keigo, 1958–

[Akui. English]

Malice / Keigo Higashino; translated by Alexander O. Smith. — First U.S. edition.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-250-03560-8 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-250-03561-5 (e-book)

1. Police—Japan—Fiction. 2. Murder—Investigation—Japan—Fiction. I. Smith, Alexander O., translator. II. Title.

PL852.I3625A5713 2014

895.63’6—dc23

2014019885

e-ISBN 9781250035615

First published in Japan as Akui, by Kodansha

First English Edition: October 2014

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