愛情，是最驚心動魄的謎團！
究竟愛一個人，可以愛到什麼地步？
究竟什麼樣的邂逅，可以捨命不悔？
邏輯的盡頭，不是理性與秩序的理想國，而是我用生命奉獻的愛情。
「這是我能想到最純粹的愛情、最好的詭計！」
東野圭吾自信之作，創作生涯偉大的頂點！
在大學時代曾被譽為百年難得一見的數學天才石神，如今只是一名單身、不起眼的高中數學教師，每天唯一的樂趣就是去固定的便當店買午餐，只為了看一眼隔壁鄰居，在便當店擔任店員的靖子的身影。
靖子帶著獨生女美里逃離粗暴的前夫，兩人相依為命地生活在大都市的一角。某天靖子前夫找上門來，兩人爭執不下之際，靖子失手殺死了對方。此時，石神出現在茫然失措的母女面前，提出由他來收拾善後的建議。
這世上不可能存在完美無缺的完全犯罪，然而以草薙為首的調查陣營始終找不到突破的可能性，只好向任教於帝都大學的湯川學求救。而身為石神大學時代舊友的湯川，又該如何接下這來自老同學的挑戰書？
Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor. Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko’s next door neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body but plotting the cover-up step-by-step.
When the body turns up and is identified, Detective Kusanagi draws the case and Yasuko comes under suspicion. Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko’s manufactured alibi and yet is still sure that there’s something wrong. Kusanagi brings in Dr. Manabu Yukawa, a physicist and college friend who frequently consults with the police. Yukawa, known to the police by the nickname Professor Galileo, went to college with Ishigami. After meeting up with him again, Yukawa is convinced that Ishigami had something to do with the murder. What ensues is a high level battle of wits, as Ishigami tries to protect Yasuko by outmaneuvering and outthinking Yukawa, who faces his most clever and determined opponent yet.
★本書中譯版《嫌疑犯X的獻身》由獨步文化出版。
作者簡介
東野圭吾（1958-）
出生於日本大阪，大阪府立大學畢業。
1985年以第31屆江戶川亂步獎得獎作《放學後》出道。
1999年以《祕密》獲得第52屆日本推理作家協會獎。
2006年以《嫌疑犯Ｘ的獻身》獲得第134屆直木獎以及第6屆本格推理小說大獎。
東野圭吾早期作品多為精巧細緻的本格推理，最具代表性的即是青春推理之「加賀恭一郎」系列，主人翁加賀刑事冷靜帥氣，風靡不少女性讀者。之後東野作風逐漸超越推理小說框架，其創作力之旺盛，讓他躍居日本推理小說界的頂尖作家。1998年的《偵探伽利略》、2000年的《預知夢》以及2005年的《嫌疑犯Ｘ的獻身》皆以物理學教授「湯川學」為主角，是目前最熱門的推理系列作，且均已改拍成電視劇或電影，轟動影視圈。另，1999年推出時序跨越19年、細膩描繪主角與周遭人物心理的犯罪小說《白夜行》亦改拍成電視劇及舞臺劇，東野圭吾的作品影像化幾乎已等同票房保證；2008年聲勢更是如日中天，新作《流星之絆》一出版旋即改編為日劇，收視居高不下，並緊接推出《伽利略的苦惱》與《聖女的救贖》兩本湯川學系列作；2009年出版最新力作《悖論13》與《新參者》（加賀恭一郎系列），目前擔任第十三任日本推理作家協會理事長。
Born in Osaka and currently living in Tokyo, KEIGO HIGASHINO is one of the most widely known and bestselling novelists in Japan. He is the winner of the Edogawa Rampo Prize (for best mystery), the Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. Prize (for best mystery) among others. His novels are translated widely throughout Asia.
ALEXANDER O. SMITH has translated a broad variety of novels, manga, and video games, for which he has been nominated for the Eisner Award, and won the ALA’s Batchelder Award (for his translation of Miyuki Miyabe’s Brave Story), and been recognized for his localizations of the video games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XII. He lives with his family in Vermont.
