It is Moriguchi as teacher, would-be wife, and mother of the 4-year-old Manami Moriguchi that introduces us to the mystery revealed through confession. Yuko Moriguchi is the given the role of first and last confessor. If you want to skip the spoilers and go directly to my opinion, proceed to the last two paragraphs. I should warn you now, much of what follows lands in the realm of spoiler. The translator from Japanese to English behind Confessions is Stephen Snyder. The language and presentation of the storytelling was very accessible. As you might have guessed, the story does function largely as a first person mystery through a series of six “confessions,” in the form of extended soliloquies or monologues, from the first-hand perspective of different characters in drama.
Perhaps formulating my distinction between mystery and thriller is the fodder for a future post at Matt Lynn Digital, though my focus today is on Minato’s first novel, Confessions. Kanae Minato is a Japanese fiction writer dealing in the subjects of crime, mystery, and/or thriller.
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