Japanese Literary Awards

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Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Grand Award このミステリーがすごい! たいしょう

Edition 11 (2012)

Mystery novelsBroadly defined mystery

Winners

4 people
安生正 grand prize

A large-scale panic thriller in which a defense officer and an infectious-disease expert investigate the total death of a drilling base off Hokkaido.

Everyone is dead. The cause is unknown.

409 pages
panic thrillerinfectionSelf-Defense ForcesHokkaidosuspense
新藤卓広 excellence award

A humor mystery in which a shut-in young man lands a job in a secret society and discovers how its odd assignments connect to real crimes.

The job offer came from a secret society.

349 pages
secret societyemploymenthumorkidnappingmystery
柊サナカ dark horse

A survival mystery set on a remote island, where selected women compete for the role of an IT tycoon's bride.

There is no loser revival in this marriage hunt.

329 pages
marriage huntislandsurvivalwomenmystery
あいま祐樹 dark horse

A psychometric mystery in which a high school girl who can read residual thoughts teams up with a psychologist to solve a series of kidnappings.

Listen to the voice left at the crime scene.

313 pages
psychometrypsychologykidnappingschoolinvestigation