Lately I have been reading novels by Japanese authors. Quite a number of the novels have been dark and twisted tales but I award the crown for the darkest revenge novel to The Confessions by Kanae Minato. Confessions is a literary phenomenon in Japan. Published in 2008 to critical acclaim, it became a runaway hit and won a slew of ...

I have been looking for thrillers by Japanese authors after getting hooked by Keigi Higashino’s books so when I saw Penance by Kanae Minato, I decided to add this novel to my book collection. Kanae Minato is known as the “Queen of Iyamisu” which is literally an “eww” mystery. This is a subgenre of mystery fiction, which deals with the ...