Advanced
Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Title details for Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama - Available

Six Four

A Novel

by Hideo Yokoyama
Richard Burnip
Audiobook
2 of 2 copies available
Borrow Listen to a sample Listen to a sample
2 of 2 copies available

THE NIGHTMARE NO PARENT COULD ENDURE. THE CASE NO DETECTIVE COULD SOLVE. THE TWIST NO READER COULD PREDICT.
For five days, the parents of a seven-year-old Japanese schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter's kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. And they would never see their daughter alive again.
Fourteen years later, the mystery remains unsolved. The police department's press officer—Yoshinobu Mikami, a former detective who was involved in the original case and who is now himself the father of a missing daughter—is forced to revisit the botched investigation. The stigma of the case known as "Six Four" has never faded; the police's failure remains a profound source of shame and an unending collective responsibility.
Mikami does not aspire to solve the crime. He has worked in the department for his entire career, and while he has his own ambitions and loyalties, he is hoping simply to reach out to the victim's family and to help finally put the notorious case to rest. But when he spots an anomaly in the files, he uncovers secrets he never could have imagined. He would never have even looked if he'd known what he would find.
An award-winning phenomenon in its native Japan—more than a million copies sold in its first week of publication, and the winner of the Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year award—and already a critically celebrated top-ten bestseller in the U.K., Hideo Yokoyama's Six Four is an unforgettable novel by a literary master at the top of his form. It is a dark and riveting plunge into a crime, an investigation, and a culture like no other.

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 7, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781427288721
      • File size: 701752 KB
      • Duration: 24:21:58

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      December 5, 2016
      Japanese author Yokoyama makes his U.S. debut with a massive and complex police procedural set in 2003 in one of Japan’s prefectures. Supt. Yoshinobu Mikami, who has been transferred from criminal investigations to media relations at Prefecture D Police Headquarters, must contend with unhappy members of the press who feel that the police are too selective in what they choose to share. The multilayered plot involves the unsolved kidnapping and murder of a seven-year-old girl 14 years before, physical confrontations between reporters and police, and the discordant relationships among various elements of the police force. Meanwhile, Mikami agonizes over his teenage daughter, Ayumi, who has been missing for weeks. American readers may have trouble following the bewildering conflicts and alliances, but they should gain a better understanding of a very different culture. This is a novel that requires and rewards close attention. The ending is oddly satisfying, though none of the underlying issues are truly resolved.

    • Library Journal

      October 15, 2017

      This work, the first available-in-English-translation novel from Japanese phenomenon Yokoyama, requires serious commitments of time and attention. The exquisitely plotted story pivots around detective-turned-press director Mikuma, who was previously involved in investigating the 1989 kidnapping and murder of a seven-year-old girl. Referred to as the titular "Six Four"--1989 is Showa 64/Heisei 1 in the Japanese calendar--the unsolved case's 14th anniversary is about to become a major press event, and Mikuma must convince the girl's mourning father to receive the head of the National Police Agency. Meanwhile, Mikuma is dealing with his own anguish--his runaway teenage daughter remains missing--and his heightened desperation drives his own unofficial investigation into Six Four until closure (for some) becomes possible. With his crisp British accent, narrator Richard Burnip reads with requisite detachment, never prematurely giving anything away, but his emotive adjustments are immediate whenever parental attachment trumps professional neutrality. VERDICT International thrill-seekers (with patience) will find Yokoyama's English debut essential listening. ["A complex procedural that takes time to get into high gear": Xpress Reviews 1/20/17 review of the Farrar hc.]--Terry Hong, Smithsonian BookDragon, Washington, DC

      Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Loading