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Chapter 147 Mystery Fiction【Seek tickets for subscription】

Qin Chuan was not an avid fan of mystery novels in his previous life, and he had read only a handful of such novels.

This "Devotion of Suspect X" is the one that left him the deepest impression.

As the masterpiece of Keigo Higashino, The Suspect is the only top masterpiece in the history of Dongying that has won the annual championship of the three major mystery rankings. It is the winner of the Naoki Award, the highest literary award in Japan. It has always been in the top ten above, and has never fallen out in several years.

That man really took the deception to the extreme!
In this novel, there are perfect crimes and ingenious tricks, there is a genius confrontation between Yu Chuan and Ishigami, and there is Ishigami's forbearing love for Yasuko.

Combining the story and suspense, the whole story structure and the portrayal of love make it a clear stream in mystery novels, and write the sacrifice of love deep in the hearts of readers.

Perhaps it is this way of writing that makes "Suspect X" extremely popular in East Asia, but it is less well-known in the Western world.

The beginning of the whole book is so high-spirited that it’s so exciting.

Who killed it, the killing process is like this, all the details are revealed, no matter how hard the reader thinks, they can't think of where else can arrange the trajectory that a mystery novel should have.

Generally, mystery novels follow the front line, that is, the route of the deceased and the case-solver.

The common routine is very simple: so-and-so died, what happened to his family members, and the people around this person reported their own alibi.The detective or the police solve the case after thinking about it and find out the murderer. The murderer cries that he has no choice but to kill, and then leads to the hidden story behind the case.

The result of such a narrative is often to weaken the villain, because the murderer is often revealed at the end.

Because the author does not want readers to guess who the murderer is too early, he dare not use a lot of pen and ink on the murderer when writing, so it is difficult to make the characters full. The whole book is often an overwhelming victory, and there is no even match. Battle of wits and courage.

Although the readers will be a little surprised when they see the identity of the murderer, but in fact there is no disturbance in their hearts. Anyway, they are watching the protagonist show off his power like a cocoon.

An excellent mystery novel is never a one-man show of the protagonist, but a villain fighting against the protagonist.

As long as an excellent villain can be created, the quality of the book will not be so bad.

Such as the famous Jack the Ripper, Professor Hannibal and so on.

A stark villain is better than a mediocre good guy.

But Keigo Higashino was innovative and used a writing technique that was different from traditional habits in "The Devotion of Suspect X"!

There are nineteen chapters in the book, but the first two chapters have presented to readers the three important factors of mystery novels, who is the criminal, the process of the crime, and the result of the crime.

It can be said that the biggest mystery of mystery novels has been solved!
Readers can be said to have been completely misled by Keigo Higashino. In the following content, they all thought they were going to see a contest between the police and the criminals.

As everyone knows, this is the subtlety of the layout of the full text!
Once the suspense is announced, the technique is indeed simple but unexpected.

Since the novel has been intentionally emphasizing that the crime was committed on March 1th, people subjectively believe that what happened in Chapter [-] happened on that day, but they are completely deceived.

Readers also followed the police around in circles, and it was not until the end that they suddenly understood the meaning of the word "devotion".

The charm of mystery novels lies in the design of the answers.

By foreshadowing details such as the characters on the scene, the time and place of the event, and sometimes even using some narrative methods to make readers have a preconceived impression.

In the end, the shock and surprise brought when the mystery is solved is the greatest pleasure for readers to like this type of novel.

Different from Qin Chuan's previous works, mystery novels must have surprises and rational layout in addition to the surprises of the story!
You can't think about it casually, you must let the whole incident have a complete logical chain.

Although what happened in his own community may be completely different from the plot in the novel, Qin Chuan is still gearing up and excited that he chose such a new book.

It’s not a bad idea to try new genres.

Moreover, although the suspect is a mystery novel, it is still based on emotion.

This has the same characteristics as Qin Chuan's previous novels. Emotions are very important!

The same line.

"Suspect X" tells the story of the purest love and the most perfect trick.

The hostess Yasuko Hanaoka, who used to work in a hotel, had an unbearable marriage. After she divorced, she went to work in a convenience store to get rid of the entanglement of her ex-husband Shinji Tokina.

Unexpectedly, the ex-husband found the convenience store and Yasuko's residence through various channels. After breaking in, he fought with Yasuko's mother and daughter.

Because there was so much movement, the neighbor next door, Tetsuya Ishigami, was alarmed.

The only pleasure of this once-in-a-century math teacher is to go to the bento shop to buy lunch, and he has a crush on his neighbor Yasuko.

After the incident, in order to save the poor mother and child, Shishen started an incredible plan!

The body was found in a wasteland, empty, with a mutilated face and fingerprints all burned away by fire.The police finally confirmed the identity of the deceased as Shinji Togashi through a bicycle and a bucket of unburned clothes. Naturally, his ex-wife Yasuko Hanaoka was the number one suspect.

When the police began to investigate Yasuko Hanaoka, they deduced that Yasuko Hanaoka accompanied her daughter to the movies, KTV and ramen restaurants on the night of Shinji Togashi's death, and there were various alibi.

The progress of the investigation was at a stalemate. Later, the police found Ishigami's only friend, Yu Chuanxue. The detective was delicate and aware of Ishigami's secret love for Yasuko Hanaoka and his anger towards customer Kudo.

Yukawa Manabu saw the clues and the plan because of Shi Shen's abnormality.

In order to protect Hanaoka Yasuko's mother and daughter, Ishigami played his last trump card, which is to surrender himself!

He confessed everything and portrayed himself as Yasuko Hanaoka's stalker, and was convicted by the police, thinking that he was the murderer of Shinji Togashi.

But Yukawa Manabu didn't want his friend and rival to be misunderstood, so he found Hanaoka Yasuko.

The truth is finally out!
Why couldn't the police find loopholes in Yasuko Hanaoka's alibi at all, and why was this woman able to calmly respond to the police's questioning?

Because those alibi are all true, they are not fabricated or staged at all.

It turns out that Fu Jian Shen Er was not the only one who died!

After Shi Shen moved Fu Jian's body back to his room, he planned a new murder case.

He used a new homeless man who had just arrived here to let him stay in Fuqian's hotel for a day, and then left his fingerprints and hair as evidence.At night, the homeless man was asked to ride a bicycle to the place where the body was found, and the homeless man was killed with the same wire, and then the face and fingerprints were destroyed, so that he could act as the dead body of Shinji Togashi.

In other words, the body found by the police and the confirmed time of murder were all made up by Shi Shen himself after repeated planning!

At the end of the story, Hanaoka Yasuko knew everything Ishigami had done to her, and she also received Kudo's proposal. After a fierce psychological struggle, she resolutely chose to surrender.

Shishen is sacrificing himself, wanting to complete and protect Jingzi, mother and daughter!

However, when Yasuko Hanaoka stood in front of him, Ishigami's face was ashen, without any hope.

In the end, both sides suffer, Ishigami's seamless plan finally failed, and Yasuko Hanaoka was unwilling to accept this heavy love.

Qin Chuan has already decided to write this novel. After a brief conception in his mind, he plans to adapt this novel for localization.

For the time being, Qin Chuan is not planning to make major changes to the plot of the whole novel. The ingenious conception and meticulous logic of this novel cannot be changed so easily.

One move affects the whole body, if one part is changed, the whole story will change.

Anyway, the truth of "The Devotion of Suspect X" finally came to light, and the two surrendered themselves in the police station. It is naturally feasible to set the background in China.

In the original book, Ishigami Zhezai changed his name to Shi Hong, detective Yu Chuanxue changed his name to Yu Chuan, Yasuko Hanaoka simply changed his name to Chen Jing, and the rest of the characters will also be modified.

In addition to the characters, the place where the heroine works, the place where she lives, and even the identity background of each character, and the way people talk and talk must be localized as much as possible, and there must be no places and customs from Japan.

In the overclocked state of the brain, Qin Chuan found that Keigo Higashino had very few descriptions of the environment.

In detail, there are only four or five simple descriptions, but they set the cold tone of the work.

The psychological descriptions and character dialogues in the novel tend to be bland, with no intense scenes.

The words and sentences in the whole book are very concise and simple. There is no excessive exaggeration of writing skills, but a simple tone that is close to reality is used to unfold the plot.

This is exactly the style that suspense mystery novels need.

The more concise and precise the better, there is no need to be colorful.

Qin Chuan didn't know that the world was so accepting of mystery novels, but he planned to give it a try.

From the current point of view, I will not be short of money for the time being, and I have enough confidence to mess around.

He intends to be willful, not to do market research, not to consider the reader's acceptance, but to localize the story he likes.

It's best if readers like it, and it's okay if they don't.

"Such a good story, even if they don't like to read mystery novels, they will like it." Qin Chuan muttered to himself, "If readers send me blades again, it will be unreasonable."

Perhaps this book can bring a different reasoning experience to the market and let them feel the charm of mystery novels!

To benefit readers from other worlds, every time-traveling author has this responsibility!
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