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Edogawa Ranpo Award えどがわらんぽしょう

Edition 18 (1972)

Literary awardMystery novel

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A lawyer and a real-estate broker involved in the sale of valuable land overlooking Lake Biwa are murdered. Behind the crime lie a mysterious woman and land swindlers using the law as a shield in their struggle for profit. This courtroom mystery follows testimony and evidence to uncover the truth about land fraud and murder.

Courtroom maneuvering exposes land fraud and murder carried out behind the shield of the law.

384 pages
courtroom mysteryland fraudcivil litigationlaw and justicetruth of testimony