An ad man's marketing idea is turned down by a demanding auto exec, leading him into a complicated revenge plan featuring the daughter of the exec's mistress, in Keigo Higashino's The Name of the Game is a Kidnapping.
The ad man and the daughter cobble together a fake kidnapping plot to extort money from the exec, but naturally nothing goes quite as planned.
Highashino presents the storytelling in sort of a breezy caper style, but the three main characters are all pretty amoral, leading to double and triple crosses and a surprisingly downbeat ending. Of added value is a glimpse into Japanese culture, for those interested.
A solid crime read in an international setting, for fans.
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana and read it quickly.
The ad man and the daughter cobble together a fake kidnapping plot to extort money from the exec, but naturally nothing goes quite as planned.
Highashino presents the storytelling in sort of a breezy caper style, but the three main characters are all pretty amoral, leading to double and triple crosses and a surprisingly downbeat ending. Of added value is a glimpse into Japanese culture, for those interested.
A solid crime read in an international setting, for fans.
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana and read it quickly.
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