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 22 (2023)

Mystery novelsBroadly defined mystery

Winners

5 people
白川尚史 しらかわ なおふみ grand prize

Seti, a priest resurrected in ancient Egypt, pursues the mystery of his own death and the truth behind a king's mummy that vanished from a sealed chamber.

Seti, a resurrected priest in ancient Egypt, investigates his death and a king's mummy that vanished from a sealed chamber.

328 pages
ancient Egyptlocked roommystery
遠藤かたる えんどう かたる bunko grand prix

Baby Starlight, a three-member female underground idol group active in Osaka, is already struggling with an overbearing agency president, unequal popularity among its members, and abuse suffered by its center. When one member kills someone at the agency, the three decide to bury the body in the mountains to conceal the crime.

A nonstop suspense novel about a three-member underground idol group caught between ruin and the stage after burying a body to hide a killing.

336 pages
Underground idolsOsakaConcealing a murderFriendshipSuspense
浅瀬明 あさせ あきら bunko grand prix

A university student nearing graduation tries to expose corruption in a campus society run on points and becomes caught in a vast scheme.

A university student nearing graduation tries to expose corruption in a campus society run on points and becomes caught in a vast scheme.

288 pages
universitycorruptionconfidence game
新藤元気 しんどう げんき dark horse

Kumagai of a special investigation unit examines an almost completely burned children's home in Ebina with Koharu Kuryu of the forensic science laboratory's physics section. The fire is found to have been caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette, but it was put out by a missing boy, Nozomu Tachibana, and what appears to be his suicide note is found. Believing Nozomu is alive, Koharu and Kumagai use forensic science to trace him.

A mystery in which a forensic scientist and a detective use scientific investigation to uncover the truth behind a fire at a children's home and a missing boy.

336 pages
Forensic scienceAccidental fireMissing personChildren's homePolice mystery
上田春雨 うえだ はるさめ dark horse

Minato, a high-school student in a town in Hokkaido, has a hostile relationship with her stepmother and pursues compensated dating to become independent. One day, her friend Asuka receives a message telling her to die from Miho, a middle-school friend who died in an accident. After Asuka soon dies tragically, Minato investigates the chain of deaths and the truth behind Miho's death.

A coming-of-age mystery in which a high-school student pursues the truth behind a chain of deaths that begins with a message from the dead.

320 pages
High-school studentsHokkaidoSocial mediaPeer pressureChain of deaths