Honkaku Mystery Award ほんかくみすてりたいしょう
Edition 23 (2023)
Novel divisionCriticism and research division
Winners
5 peopleIn the religious commune called the People's Church, people believe that illness and injury do not exist and that even lost limbs can be restored. Searching for his missing assistant, detective Ōtori enters its headquarters in Jodentown and confronts a series of suspicious deaths in a paradise sustained by the believers' faith in miracles.
In a community that believes in miracles, can a detective's logic reach the truth behind a series of deaths?
416 pages
religious communespecial-setting mysteryserial murderfaith and logicmultiple solutions
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