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Japan Mystery Literature Grand Prize Newcomer Award にほんミステリーぶんがくたいしょうしんじんしょう

Edition 4 (2000)

MysteryNewcomer Award

Winners

2 people
Haruhiko Narisada なりさだ はるひこ honorable mention

A full-length mystery about a confrontation between a criminal organization plotting a corporate takeover and a consumer-finance company protecting its client. As strategy and violence collide, a man takes on a powerful enemy in a high-stakes reversal.

A full-length mystery about a struggle over a corporate takeover between a criminal organization and a consumer-finance company.

442 pages
Corporate crimeOrganized crimeSuspenseHard-boiled fiction
Natsu Kanno かんの なつ honorable mention

A middle-aged man and a five-year-old girl are stabbed in a city park, and the crime shakes the lives of the families left behind and the detective investigating it. The victim's father acts in search of the culprit while the mother withdraws into herself. This novel depicts people wounded, broken, and gradually rebuilding their lives.

A mystery that begins with a stabbing in a park and depicts the grief and recovery of those harmed by it.

344 pages
Random stabbingFamily lossGrief and recoveryDetective investigationHuman relationships