▍原文 Japanese author Keigo Higashino, a prolific writer best known for his numerous hit mystery novels and lauded for his intricate plotting and creativity, has died, his official X account announced Monday. He was 68. Higashino penned 106 books in his lifetime and is best known in the English-speaking world for his novel “The Devotion of Suspect X”. “I want readers to be continually surprised by my ideas,” he said during a rare interview in 2011. ▍語言點 1. prolific /prəˈlɪfɪk/ adj. 多產的 ·a prolific songwriter 多產的詞曲作者 2. mystery novels 推理小說，懸疑小說 ·mystery n. 謎，神秘的事 ·近義詞辨析：mystery novel vs. detective novel mystery novel和detective novel 有細微差别：detective novel 側重"偵探破案的過程"，mystery novel 範圍更廣，重心在"謎團本身"。 3. lauded lɔːdɪd/ adj. 受讚譽的、被高度讚揚的 ·lauded來自動詞laud，表示“讚美”，它比praise更正式、更有分量。 ·be lauded for something 因某事而受到讚揚 4. intricate /ˈɪntrɪkət/ adj....