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Author | Keigo Higashino |
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Original title | Himitsu (秘密) |
Translator | Kerim Yasar |
Language | Japanese |
Publisher | Vertical (US) Bungeishunjū Ltd. (JP) |
Publication date | September 1998 |
Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | August 1, 2004 |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 288 (US) 415 (JP) |
ISBN | 1932234071 (US) ISBN 4163179208 (JP) |
Naoko is a novel by Keigo Higashino. The original title is Himitsu (秘密, Secret). The novel won the 52nd Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel. The story centers on a man whose wife and daughter are in a terrible accident; the wife dies, but when the daughter wakes up, he discovers his wife's mind inside.
It was made into a 1999 Japanese film, Himitsu, directed by Yōjirō Takita. The 2007 film The Secret is based on the Japanese film.