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Suntory Mystery Award さんとりーみすてりーたいしょう

Edition 1 (1983)

MysteryNew writer award

Winners

3 people
Dachima Inaka grand prize

A mystery that combines the drive of detection with a longing for adventure. Its movement toward the rainbow carries exhilaration, danger, and youthful momentum.

虹へ、アヴァンチュール is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 青春.

mysteryadventureyouth
Reira れいら readers prize

A mystery in which unease around a person’s return begins to unravel hidden relationships. Behind the vivid title lies tension between memory and suspicion.

桜子は帰ってきたか is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 帰還.

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Hamubane くろかわ ひろゆき honorable mention award

A mystery in which repeated farewells lead toward the heart of a case. Its conversational rhythm and dry view of crime anticipate the author’s later work.

二度のお別れ is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 犯罪.

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