Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Grand Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2011) dark horse
Masahiro Shinohara
しのはら まさひろ
Shinohara Masahiro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Mystery writer
- Active Years
- 2012-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Award | The School Nurse Is a Detective | — | Takarajimasha | 編集部推薦（隠し玉として出版） |
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Award
2012
Work:
The School Nurse Is a Detective
Organization:
Takarajimasha
Result:
編集部推薦（隠し玉として出版）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The School Nurse Is a Detective
2012 Mystery novelAt private Yamase Academy high school, an oil painting depicting the brutal murder of a teacher (called a "murder painting") appears in a corridor. The principal tasks the school nurse Haruka Mogi and art teacher Takumi Shiina with finding the culprit. Their secret investigation leads the case to an unexpected course — a school-based mystery.
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Bibliography
- The School Nurse Is a Detective
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Accessible narrative voice that depicts everyday school life intertwined with mystery
- Recurring Motifs
- school settingsteacher's perspectivehidden truthspaintings and visual clues
Legacy
Published as an editorial "hidden selection" in the 10th Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Award, the book generated attention and quick sellouts at some bookstores after release. It attracted notice as a school-based mystery, but scholarly criticism and broad academic study remain limited.
Trivia
- Although rejected in the first selection round of the 10th Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Award, the work was later published as an editorial recommendation (a "hidden selection").
- Within days of release some bookstores reported sellouts, marking a strong commercial start (citation needed).
- The protagonists form an investigative duo of a school nurse and an art teacher, a distinctive setup for a school mystery.