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Sogen Mystery Short Story Award そうげんみすてりたんぺんしょう

Edition 13 (2006)

Mystery fictionShort stories

Winners

2 people

a Chinese mystery set in a world reminiscent of the Water Margin era, where wit and ingenuity rescue the weak

In a corner of a Chinese-inspired world, a girl and an old hero begin their investigation.

285 pages
mysteryChinese mysterylinked short storiesTokyo Sogensha
Michio Takita nominee

a linked short-story collection starring rural detective Kurokawa Suzuki, balancing light humor and mystery-solving

In a peaceful rural town, impossibly tangled cases keep cropping up.

236 pages
mysterylinked short storieshumorpoliceTokyo Sogensha