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Suntory Mystery Award さんとりーみすてりーたいしょう

Edition 4 (1986)

MysteryNew writer award

Winners

3 people
Dachima Inaka くろかわ ひろゆき grand prize

A full-length mystery by Hiroyuki Kurokawa. Beginning with a corpse whose stomach contains the gemstone cat’s eye, young detectives trace the truth behind the case in this early award-winning novel.

With a gemstone left in a corpse as their only clue, young detectives pursue the case.

285 pages
mysterypolice proceduralgemstoneOsaka
Reira readers prize

A historical mystery by Masao Nagao. It recasts the world of The Tale of Genji as a chain of murders, turning classical court literature into detective fiction through an investigation by Murasaki Shikibu and To no Chujo.

A historical mystery that rereads death and intrigue in court literature as murder cases.

historical mysteryThe Tale of Genjicourt literaturedetection
Hamubane honorable mention award

An international thriller by Ralph Young. Set in Germany, it depicts extremists plotting to seize NATO nuclear missiles and the larger conspiracy behind the operation.

An international thriller about the conspiracy behind a plan to steal nuclear missiles.

253 pages
international thrillernuclear weaponsNATOconspiracy