I already finished the book (I’m going out of town and want to pack light) but I made a point to write up my thoughts before getting into the last week!
I really enjoyed the detour into talking to the wife and doctor, but I found myself losing interest again after that. That said, the comment at the doctor’s office about how she could still walk / wasn’t as bed ridden as she looked felt curious to me. Kinda ‘if you show a revolver make sure it goes off in the next scene’ vibes. Is the wife not as sick as she seems and somehow involved? I don’t know how/why she would be though Is she faking being Yasuda in places where he’s not? But I kinda doubt she could pass as her husband.
I still find myself thinking that this is a LOT of work and determination to break someone’s alleged alibi when there is no known motive and the only evidence is… He looked at his watch a bit much. It still stretches my belief too hard
Hoping the final week we get more background on all the characters. I do enjoy when we go in that direction, but I just can’t hold my interest with all the time tables!
I get where your coming from, but while there’s no proof and no direct evidence, I think there’s a bit more to it than that. He looked at his watch a bit much, and is directly responsible for the people affirming his alibi being there at that time. Added to that, it is the first time he invited those very people to go anywhere together.
I will read above posts a bit later just in case. When it turned out that it was impossible that he had gone to Sapporo by train, I also thought that he went by plane. And now I am lost.
I enjoy this book a lot - I am curious what the outcome will be!
When he mentioned the first time that it was impossible for him to get from Fukuoka to Sapporo in time, I thought by myself how interesting it was to read a book from a time where planes didn’t exist yet And then it turns out that they did exist but our dude just couldn’t think of this as an option
Turns out that it was not the correct clue anyway - maybe What I found interesting is that they just called all the passengers and did not consider that one of them may have been bribed… please remind me, what was the underlying case about again?
I think the book became much more interesting since the Tokyo police officer appeared on stage. I really like him.
I was thinking that planes weren’t a thing in Japan yet, so he must’ve driven a speed boat from the night of the incident to the next day then met up with the train midway somehow.
Then when they mentioned plane I was like oh… until now they’re saying that’s not it. I’m hoping this is actually solved by some kind of time trick.
So far the book has been nonstop false leads, I’m used to books breadcrumbing information so I hope something big comes soon!
Also I’m not 100% following what this 汚職事件 was but maybe there will be more info later
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Is she faking being Yasuda in places where he’s not? But I kinda doubt she could pass as her husband.
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And then it turns out that they did exist but our dude just couldn’t think of this as an option 
What I found interesting is that they just called all the passengers and did not consider that one of them may have been bribed… please remind me, what was the underlying case about again? 