Hideo Yokoyama has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 2 ratings. The most-rated is Six Four.
Six Four
Summary
Six Four. The nightmare no parent could endure. The case no detective could solve. The twist no listener could predict. For five days in January 1989, the parents of a seven-year-old Tokyo schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter's kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. They would never see their daughter again. For the 14 years that followed, the Japanese public listened to the police's apologies. They would never forget the botched investigation that became known as Six Four. They would never forgive the authorities their failure. For one week in late 2002, the press officer attached to the police department in question confronted an anomaly in the case. He could never imagine what he would uncover. He would never have looked if he'd known what he would find.
©2012 Hideo Yokoyama (P)2016 Quercus Publishing Ltd
Seventeen
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From the Sunday Times best-selling author of Six Four: an investigative thriller set amid the aftermath of an air disaster - perfect for fans of Spotlight and After the Crash. 1985. Kazumasa Yuuki, a seasoned reporter at the North Kanto Times, runs a daily gauntlet against the power struggles and office politics that plague its newsroom. But when an air disaster of unprecedented scale occurs on the paper's doorstep, its staff are united by an unimaginable horror and a once-in-a-lifetime scoop. 2002. Seventeen years later, Yuuki remembers the adrenaline-fuelled, emotionally charged seven days that changed his and his colleagues' lives. He does so while making good on a promise he made that fateful week - one that holds the key to its last unsolved mystery and represents Yuuki's final, unconquered fear. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2003 Hideo Yokoyama (P)2018 Quercus Editions Limited
Prefecture D
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A collection of four novellas: each taking place in 1998, each set in the world of Six Four and each centreing around a mystery and the unfortunate officer tasked with solving it. Season of Shadows 'The force could lose face...I want you to fix this.' Personnel's Futawatari receives a horrifying memo forcing him to investigate the behaviour of a legendary detective with unfinished business. Cry of the Earth 'It's too easy to kill a man with a rumour.' Shinto of Internal Affairs receives an anonymous tip-off alleging a station chief is visiting the red-light district - a warning he soon learns is a red herring. Black Lines 'It was supposed to be her special day.' Section chief Nanao, responsible for the force's 49 female officers, is alarmed to learn her star pupil has not reported for duty and is believed to be missing. Briefcase 'We need to know what he's going to ask.' On the eve of a routine debate, political liaison Tsuge learns a wronged politician is preparing his revenge. He must now quickly dig up dirt to silence him. Prefecture D continues Hideo Yokoyama's exploration of the themes of obsession, saving face, office politics and interdepartmental conflicts. Placing everyday characters between a rock and a hard place and then dialling up the pressure, he blends and balances the very Japanese with the very accessible, to spectacular effect.
©2019 Hideo Yokoyama (P)2019 Quercus Editions Limited
50
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Der 49-jährige Sochiro Kaji genießt als vorbildlicher Polizist einen tadellosen Ruf - bis er sich eines Tages vor seine Kollegen stellt und berichtet, seine Frau getötet zu haben. Im anschließenden Verhör gibt er an, dass seine Frau an Alzheimer erkrankt war und ihn gebeten habe, ihr Leben zu beenden. Der Fall scheint aufgeklärt, doch Kriminalkommissar Kazumasa Shiki findet keine Ruhe. Als er auf eigene Faust weiterermittelt, stößt er in der Wohnung von Sochiro auf eine geheimnisvolle Kalligrafie mit dem Text: "50 Jahre - ein Leben". In Shiki keimt der Verdacht, dass Sochiro sich mit fünfzig das Leben nehmen wollte. Shiki beschließt, das Rätsel um jeden Preis zu lösen - und taucht immer tiefer ein in die dunkle Geschichte eines Ehepaares, für das der Tod keine Sache des Zufalls war.
©2020 Atrium Verlag AG, Zürich (P)2020 Atrium Verlag AG, Zürich