Japanese mystery novelist and bestselling author Higashino Keigo, 68, died of colon cancer on the 23rd.
Publisher Kodansha said on the 27th on its website that Higashino Keigo had died.
According to the obituary, Higashino Keigo died of colon cancer early on the 23rd. Even while being treated, he had been set to release a new book, Eternal Memory, on Aug. 5.
Born in 1958, Higashino Keigo debuted with After School in 1985 and produced numerous bestsellers including The Devotion of Suspect X, Into the White Night, and The Miracles of the Namiya General Store.
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