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Agatha Christie Prize あがさくりすてぃーしょう

Edition 7 (2017)

Mystery novelNewcomer award

Winners

2 people
村木美涼 むらき みすず grand prize

Misuzu 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
日野真人 ひの まさと excellence award

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