A classic police investigation and an engrossing book! This book is the first in the prosecutor Chigusa series and won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1963.
Tag: Mystery Fiction
Winner of the MWJ Award of 1962. I found this book frustrating to read at first, because it was hard to see where the story was leading us. I started enjoying it more about halfway through and the end was quite good.
A simple mystery novel that won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award. Even though the end might be a bit foreseeable, the mystery is a pleasant read all along.
A social/mystery novel that won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, 『黒い白鳥』gives a realistic portrait of its time while giving the readers a complex murder mystery resolving around train timetables.
This detective novel won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, but I found it underwhelming and not satisfactory.
This is a collection of five short stories by Seicho Matsumoto. They were easy to read and entertaining, I highly recommend this book for mystery lovers.
This is a collection of 5 short stories. The first one won the Mystery Writer of Japan Award
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.
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.
This book contains two of the most famous novels by Edogawa Rampo: the Black Lizard and the Boy Detectives Club. I enjoyed both, but I found the Boy Detectives Club to be more engrossing and exciting, even though it is written for children.