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Newcomer by Keigo Higashino
2.0

Oddly paced. The Galileo series had better characterizations, but this was not a bad read either. It is more slice-of-life than mystery though, since the details are never revealed until the last few pages. Some parts of the book are especially annoying; for example, the way most vignettes mention that Kaga is a "very intelligent detective". Nothing to really recommend, rounding down from 2.5 because of the annoying sensationalism and overly contrived instances of "intelligence". Plus a mystery with no clues until the end is hardly a good mystery. Also, the portrayal of women in particular, is just awful.