Agatha Christie Prize あがさくりすてぃーしょう
Edition 7 (2017)
Mystery novelNewcomer award
Winners
2 peopleMisuzu Muraki's Mado kara Mieru Saisho no Mono is a quiet everyday mystery in which several lives in one town gradually overlap. Seemingly separate episodes involving a clinic, a painting, a cafe property, and a missing-person report form a carefully structured whole.
Four apparently separate lives quietly connect within a single town.
352 pages
everyday mysteryensemble narrativepaintingurban memory
Masato Hino's Sessho Kanpaku no Kumo is a historical mystery centered on secret orders involving the tea utensil Hiragumo. Warrior Mai Hyogo is caught between competing powers around the Hidetsugu incident and forced to choose under pressure.
A secret order to find Hiragumo pulls a warrior into a vortex of power.
336 pages
historical mysteryToyotomi Hidetsugutea utensilsecret mission