Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Grand Award このミステリーがすごい! たいしょう
Edition 7 (2008)
Winners
4 peopleHigh school students who love rooftops gather and take on incidents happening at school and in the city. It is a brisk ensemble mystery that blends youthful energy with puzzle-solving.
Four members of the rooftop club dive into the city’s mysteries.
Through dialogues between a young man with synesthesia and a clinical psychologist, the story approaches the truth behind a girl’s death. It is a debut novel where quiet narration accumulates into strong unease and mystery.
A young man who can see emotions as colors brings the truth of a girl’s death to the surface.
A children’s poisoning case from 30 years ago is revisited through testimony and the memories of those involved. It is a crime suspense story where past guilt and present scrutiny intersect.
The 30-year-old case keeps changing shape as testimony is traced.
While following the disappearance of a spiritual writer, strange wounds and testimony from psychics connect into a deeper world of fate and entanglement. It blends urban legend with suspense.
Beyond the missing writer, ghosts and fate intersect.