In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, you are invited to join the Paso Robles City Library’s monthly book group for a discussion of Malice by Keigo Higashino. This title is available in print through the Black Gold Library System and as an eBook or audiobook using the library’s Libby digital platform. On Wednesday, May 21, beginning at 5:30 p.m., enhance your reading experience by participating in a discussion of the book.

Bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems. Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago, they were both teachers; Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though he was not nearly as successful as Hidaka. Kaga eventually uncovers evidence that indicates that the two writers' relationship was very different that they claimed, that they were anything but best friends. In a brilliantly realized tale of cat and mouse, the detective and the killer battle over the truth of the past and how events that led to the murder really unfolded.