TOKYO - A new novel in Keigo Higashino's best-selling Galileo mystery series went on sale Wednesday, less than two weeks after the hugely popular Japanese author died of bowel cancer at age 68.

Fans gathered for a midnight countdown at bookseller Kinokuniya's flagship store in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, where customers collected reserved copies of "Eien no Kioku" (eternal memory).

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