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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 people
白井智之 しらい ともゆき award

In 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
Kie Hojo ほうじょう たかえ nominee
512 pages
Yuuki Haruo ゆうき はるお nominee
304 pages
Seiichiro Ooyama おおやま せいいちろう nominee
Saito Asuka はにゅう あすか nominee