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Honkaku Mystery Award ほんかくみすてりたいしょう

Edition 15 (2015)

Novel divisionCriticism and research division

Winners

1 people
Yutaka Maya まや ゆうたか award

Sayonara, God is a linked mystery collection in which an elementary school boy, Taro Suzuki, becomes involved in puzzling cases. Everyday exchanges slide into unsettling truths, combining sharp logic with Maya Yutaka's characteristically bitter aftertaste.

A boy who calls himself God reveals the cruel logic hidden behind each case.

282 pages
fair-play mysterylinked storiesunsettling truth