I think I can see what the author was trying to do – to write about people that are so removed from the mental state of regular people their actions seem alien and unnatural to the reader. Small problem though – the author forgot to make this alternative interesting to read about. You see, while the protagonist is interested in bizarre criminal cases, he’s not interested in actually doing anything with them. So most of the stories don’t get anything that feels like a conclusion. “I have deduced that you’re the culprit! Don’t care tho, go on with your business or whatever.” Now of course thisgoes perfectly well together with the theme of inhuman/sociopathic mind. However, the reader is a regular human, and this non-conclusive take just gets quite irritating quickly. I found myself asking what even the point is. Why should I care about what happens next if it doesn’t get really concluded.

On the topic of deduction, the protagonist pulls their out of their ass most of the time. You don’t get hints as a reader, you just get the solution MacGyvered together with no way the guy managed to get to the conclusion unless he’s able to take a look at the script of the book itself. So yeah, one of the major aspect of mysteries – trying find out the solution yourself? Absent here. And while two of the cases had interesting twist, ultimately the lack of proper conclusion and lack of hints made this collection of stories unenjoyable overall.