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Edogawa Ranpo Award えどがわらんぽしょう

Edition 37 (1991)

Literary awardMystery novel

Winners

5 people
Narumi Shō なるみ あきら award

A bacterium that dissolves aluminium alloy leaks from the cargo hold of an M Airlines jumbo jet. As the airliner faces the danger of becoming unable to fly, an international conspiracy over the organism brings U.S. Navy fighters, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and the unidentified jet Night Dancer into conflict.

An aviation suspense novel in which international intrigue and fighter engagements unfold in the sky as an airliner damaged by a dangerous bacterium must be saved.

293 pages
aviation suspenseairliner emergencydangerous bacteriuminternational conspiracyJapan Air Self-Defense Force
Yūichi Shinbo しんぼ ゆういち award

A hard-boiled mystery about a former food inspector who digs into the black market in radiation-contaminated food.

As he traces the flow of contaminated food, the truth leads him into the shadows of politics and business.

407 pages
social mysterycontaminated foodcorporate crimepursuit
Miyako Takemoto たけもと みやこ nominee
Katsufumi Umehara うめはら かつふみ nominee
Akiko Mizuki みずき あきこ nominee