02418cam a2200481 i 4500 1269153300 TxAuBib 20240509120000.0 220815s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022276729 9781542006880 hardcover 1542006880 hardcover TxAuBib rda eng jpn Hirano, Keiichirō, 1975-, author. Aru otoko English. A man / Keiichiro Hirano ; translated by Eli K.P. William. First edition. Seattle : Amazon Crossing, 2020. ©2020. 287 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Translation of: Aru otoko. "Previously published as Aru Otoko in the magazine Bungakukai and then in book for by Bungeishunju in Japan in 2018"--Title page verso. "Akira Kido is a divorce attorney whose own marriage is in danger of being destroyed by emotional disconnect. With a midlife crisis looming, Kido's life is upended by the reemergence of a former client, Rié Takemoto. She wants Kido to investigate a dead man--her recently deceased husband, Daisuké. Upon his death she discovered that he'd been living a lie. His name, his past, his entire identity belonged to someone else, a total stranger. The investigation draws Kido into two intriguing mysteries: finding out who Rié's husband really was and discovering more about the man he pretended to be. Soon, with each new revelation, Kido will come to share the obsession with--and the lure of--erasing one life to create a new one"--Jacket. 20240509. Murder Investigation Fiction. Husbands Death Fiction. Identity (Philosophical concept) Fiction. Identité Romans, nouvelles, etc. Identity (Philosophical concept.) fast Legal stories. fast Japanese fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. fast Fiction. fast Legal stories. Detective and mystery fiction. fast Legal fiction (Literature.) fast Romans judiciaires. rvmgf William, Eli K. P., translator.