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Edogawa Ranpo Award えどがわらんぽしょう

Edition 31 (1985)

Literary awardMystery novel

Winners

5 people
Keigo Higashino ひがしの けいご award

Set at a girls' school, this school mystery begins with the death of a guidance teacher and widens into suspicion before moving on to a second murder during a costume parade. The shifting gazes and relationships among the suspects create tension alongside the atmosphere of youth.

Two murders inside a closed school gradually strip away the face of everyday life.

353 pages
school mysteryyouthlocked-room tensionwhodunitgirls' school
Masahiro Mori もり まさひろ award

Using a coded score hidden in Mozart's lullaby, this music-history mystery follows Beethoven as he takes on the riddle of Mozart's death. With disciples and Schubert drawn into the investigation, the brilliance and humanity of the composers cross paths in a light, playful way.

Beethoven pursues the code hidden in the score.

288 pages
musichistorical mysteryBeethovenMozartdetective fiction
Kisumi Tamatsuka たまつか きすみ nominee
Toshiya Ikegami いけがみ としや nominee
Yoshihiro Osuga おおすが よしひろ nominee