Coffee Session - Keigo Higashino

In a house in an upscale Tokyo neighborhood, Yoshitaka Mashiba coldly tells his wife, Ayane, that he is leaving her because she did not bear him a child. He has met a young woman and wants to continue his life with her. The day after tomorrow, he is found dead, lying in the living-room with a cup of coffee, a few hours before his date with his lover, who is none other than Hiromi, Ayane's favorite student.

It is the story of a married couple, two women, betrayal, humiliated dignity, and a coffee session... that takes us to the heart of the intimate life of the Japanese, and informs us of the customs and traditions of that charming society, where calm and discipline are present at the core of daily life.

Throughout this bewildering mystery, as we oscillate between accusing the humiliated widow and exonerating her, seduction and deduction wage a suspenseful struggle and events twist us until we discover, distraught, that in Japan revenge is a drink served hot!