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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 9 (1989)

MysteryHorror

Winners

4 people
Satoshi Abe あべ さとし award

A maritime mystery in which a captain is murdered aboard a coast guard patrol ship, and the closed sea-bound setting narrows the suspects to the crew.

A locked-room crime at sea quietly deepens into tragedy.

287 pages
coast guardlocked roommysteryinvestigationthe sea
Yu Anekouji あねこうじ ゆう honorable mention

A courtroom mystery in which attorney Asahi Gakunosuke challenges a false confession in a robbery-murder case in Osaka.

A lawyer sees the possibility of a false conviction in a robbery-murder confession.

223 pages
courtroom dramawrongful convictiondetective fiction
浦山翔 うらやま しょう nominee

This work was confirmed as a prize entry, but no standalone book edition could be verified.

No book edition could be confirmed via Amazon JP, NDL, or the publisher official site.

prize entryliterary magazine publication
丹羽昌一 にわ しょういち nominee