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crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...

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writer. There has been an iyamisu (eww mystery) boom in Japan since around 2012. Iyamisu (eww mystery) is a subgenre of mystery fiction which deals with grisly episodes and the dark side of human nature. Readers blurt out "eww" when they are reading iyamisu (eww mystery) novels. Mahokaru Numata, Kanae Minato and Yukiko Mari are regarded as representatives of the genre in Japan.

Works in English translation

*''Nan-Core'' (original title: ''Yurigokoro''), trans.

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Awards and nominations

* 2004 – Horror and Suspense Grand Prize: ''Kugatsu ga Eien ni Tsuzukeba'' (''If September Could Last Forever '') * 2012 – Haruhiko Oyabu Award: ''Nan-Core'' * 2012 – Nominee for

Mystery Writers of Japan Award The are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan. They honor the best in crime fiction and critical/biographical work published in the previous year. MWJ Award for Best Novel winners (1948–1951, 1976–present) MWJ Award for Best ...

for Best Novel: ''Nan-Core''

Bibliography

Novels

* , 2005 * , 2006 * , 2007 * , 2009 * , 2011 (''Nan-Core''.

Short story collection

* , 2010

References

External links

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