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Yokomizo Seishi Mystery & Horror Grand Award よこみぞせいしみすてりあんどほらーたいしょう

Edition 7 (1987)

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Winners

4 people
Mayumi Hattori はっとり まゆみ award

A classic mystery in which a tragedy at a Tokyo launch party expands into a chain of strange events across London, Bruges, and Paris. It is Hattori Mayumi's debut novel and the winner of the 7th Yokomizo Seishi Mystery Grand Award.

The moment a deep red rose arrives, the story turns into a labyrinth spanning Europe and Tokyo.

301 pages
classic mysterygothic atmosphereartEuropedebut novel
浦山翔 うらやま しょう honorable mention

A mystery in which an international journalist follows the identity and secrets of a Polish-Jewish woman who died leaving an inheritance forty years after the war. It was published as a prize-winning entry in the 7th Yokomizo Seishi Mystery Grand Award.

The more the trail of the inheritance is followed, the more mysterious the people involved become.

286 pages
international mysterypostwar historyJewish identityinheritanceinvestigative reporting
丹羽昌一 にわ しょういち nominee

Recorded as a candidate work for the Yokomizo Seishi Mystery Grand Award, but no standalone book edition could be confirmed through Amazon Japan, the NDL, or the publisher's official site.

No book edition could be confirmed.

candidate worknot book-publishedmystery
Kiyomi Niitsu にいつ きよみ nominee

Recorded as a candidate for the 7th Yokomizo Seishi Mystery Grand Award, but no standalone book edition could be found after checking Amazon Japan, the NDL, and the publisher's official sources in that order.

No book edition could be confirmed.

candidate worknot book-publishedmystery