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Suntory Mystery Award さんとりーみすてりーたいしょう

Edition 10 (1992)

MysteryNew writer award

Winners

4 people
Dachima Inaka grand prize / readers prize

A mystery about two kidnapping cases, separated by many years yet strikingly similar in their details. The shadow of the past falls across the present, giving the search for truth a lyrical afterglow.

The mystery of repeated kidnappings calls back emotions left behind in the past.

299 pages
kidnappingpast and presentmemorylyrical mystery
Reira special honorable mention

A mystery framed as Sherlock Holmes's own final casebook. It begins with a startling confession from the narrator and boldly reimagines the Holmes myth.

When Holmes begins to speak about identity, the legendary detective story reveals another face.

248 pages
Holmes pastichegender reversalfinal caseresponse to classic mystery
Hamubane honorable mention award

A historical mystery set around Edo in the Tenmei era and Hiraga Gennai. It layers madness, invention, and crime, shaping the brightness and darkness of Edo culture into detective fiction.

In Edo, where Gennai's shadow flickers, history and crime come together in uncanny ways.

Edo periodHiraga Gennaihistorical mysterymadness
Hideo Yokoyama honorable mention award

An honorable-mention mystery that can be read against the atmosphere of the bubble economy. Its title concisely points to swelling desire, money, and fragile relationships.

The fever of an inflating age unsettles both the crime and the relationships around it.

bubble economydesiresocial mannersmystery