Tag: Mystery Writers of Japan Award
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Book review: 『四万人の目撃し』by Yorichika Arima
This detective novel won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, but I found it underwhelming and not satisfactory.
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Book review: 『不連続殺人事件』by Ango Sakaguchi
This is the only detective novel written by Ango Sakaguchi: a complex whodunnit where the reader has all the elements in hand to find the solution.
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Book Review: 『本陣殺人事件』by Seishi Yokomizo
First winner of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1948), this novel is a classic locked-room mystery and the first case of young detective Kosuke Kindaichi.