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Mystery fiction

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 published by Hara Shobo. The guide book publishes a list of the top ten honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery books

Mystery fiction

Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...

 published in Japan in the previous year.

2001

2001 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2000)

International Rank Author Title 1 H. Bustos Domecq H. Bustos Domecq H. is a pseudonym used for several collaborative works by the Argentine writers Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares.-Origin:Bustos Domecq made his first appearance as F... Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi 2 Edward D. Hoch Edward D. Hoch Edward Dentinger Hoch was an American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast output of over 950 short stories.-Biography:... (Dr. Sam Hawthorne series) 3 Cyril Hare Cyril Hare Cyril Hare, the pseudonym of Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark was an English judge and crime writer.- Life and work :... Suicide Excepted 4 Thomas H. Cook Thomas H. Cook Thomas H. Cook is an American author, whose 1996 novel The Chatham School Affair received an Edgar award from the Mystery Writers of America.Thomas H... Instruments of Night 5 Leo Bruce Leo Bruce Leo Bruce is a pseudonym for Rupert Croft-Cooke . Under this name, Bruce wrote several mystery novels. He created two series, one featuring Sergeant Beef, a British police officer, and a second in which Carolus Deene, senior history master at the fictional Queen's School, Newminster, is an amateur... Case Without a Corpse 6 Edmund Crispin Edmund Crispin Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery , an English crime writer and composer.-Life and work:Montgomery was born in Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire... Swan Song 7 Elizabeth Ferrars Elizabeth Ferrars Elizabeth Ferrars , born Morna Doris MacTaggart, was a British crime writer.-Life:She was born in Rangoon , Burma into a Scottish timber and rice-trading family. Her early years were in the hands of a German nanny, and the initial intention was that she should be sent to Berlin to complete her... The Wandering Widows 8 Charles Daly King The Curious Mr. Tarrant Stanley Hyland Who goes hang? 10 Reginald Hill Reginald Hill Reginald Charles Hill is an English crime writer, and the winner in 1995 of the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement.- Biography :... On Beulah Height Ellis Peters Edith Pargeter Edith Mary Pargeter, OBE, BEM , also known by her nom de plume Ellis Peters, was a British author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both... A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs Hillary Waugh Hillary Waugh Hillary Baldwin Waugh was a pioneering American mystery novelist. In 1989, Waugh was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.-Career:... End of a Party

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Tsumao Awasaka (ja) 2 Kaju Koizumi (ja) 3 Jun Kurachi (ja) 4 Yutaka Maya (ja) 5 Masayuki Shuno (ja) 6 Seiji Kodokoro (ja) 7 Yasuhiko Nishizawa (ja) 8 Arisu Arisugawa (ja) 9 Ichi Orihara (ja) 10 Taku Ashibe (ja)

2002

2002 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2001)

International Rank Author Title 1 Anthony Berkeley Cox Anthony Berkeley Cox Anthony Berkeley Cox was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts.- Life :... Jumping Jenny [US title: Dead Mrs. Stratton] 2 Jill McGown Jill McGown Jill McGown was a British writer of mystery novels. She was best known for her mystery series featuring Inspector Lloyd and Judy Hill, one of which was made into a television series... The Stalking Horse 3 Anthony Berkeley Cox Anthony Berkeley Cox Anthony Berkeley Cox was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts.- Life :... Top Storey Murder Dorothy L. Sayers Dorothy L. Sayers Dorothy Leigh Sayers was a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages... Gaudy Night 5 |(Anthology of Locked room mystery Locked room mystery The locked room mystery is a sub-genre of detective fiction in which a crime—almost always murder—is committed under apparently impossible circumstances. The crime in question typically involves a crime scene that no intruder could have entered or left, e.g., a locked room... ) 6 G. K. Chesterton G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG was an English writer. His prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction.... Four Faultless Felons 7 Carter Dickson John Dickson Carr John Dickson Carr was an American author of detective stories, who also published under the pen names Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson and Roger Fairbairn.... The Third Bullet 8 Nicholas Blake Cecil Day-Lewis Cecil Day-Lewis CBE was an Irish poet and the Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake... Thou Shell of Death 9 Sarah Caldwell Sarah Caldwell Sarah Caldwell was a notable American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director of opera.- Life :Caldwell was born in Maryville, Missouri, and grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was a child prodigy and gave public performances on the violin by the time she was ten years old... The Sibyl in Her Grave 10 Richard Hull Keep It Quiet Hake Talbot Hake Talbot Hake Talbot was an American writer chiefly known for his impossible crime mystery novel Rim of the Pit . His real name was Henning Nelms , which he reserved for writing non-fiction about showmanship .During a poll by experts in 1981 arranged by Edward D... Rim of the Pit Rim of the Pit Rim of the Pit is a locked-room mystery novel written by Hake Talbot, a pen name of Henning Nelms. Nelms published one other mystery novel as well as two short stories. After 1945, when it became very difficult to publish mystery fiction, Nelms could not get his third novel published. He then...

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Masaki Yamada Masaki Yamada Masaki Yamada is a Japanese science fiction author. He has won the Nihon SF Taisho Award, the Seiun Award three times, and an award for mystery fiction. His first story was in 1974. His novel Aphrodite was translated into English in 2004... 2 Taku Ashibe 3 Fuyumi Ono Fuyumi Ono is a Japanese novelist who is best known for writing series, on which a popular anime is based. Her name after marriage is , but she writes under her maiden name.- Biography :... 4 Seiji Kodokoro 5 Kenji Kuroda (ja) 6 Takahiro Okura (ja) 7 Soji Shimada Soji Shimada is a Japanese logic mystery novelist. Born in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Mr. Shimada currently resides in Los Angeles, California.- Biography :... 8 Arisu Arisugawa 9 Miyuki Miyabe Miyuki Miyabe Miyuki Miyabe is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres that include science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction... 10 Akira Aikawa (ja)

2003

2003 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2002)

International Rank Author Title 1 Paul Halter Paul Halter Paul Halter is a writer of crime fiction known for his locked room mysteries. Halter pursued technical studies in his youth before joining the French Marines in the hope of seeing the world... La Quatrieme Porte (The Fourth Door) 2 Anthony Berkeley Cox Anthony Berkeley Cox Anthony Berkeley Cox was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts.- Life :... The Layton Court Mystery 3 Helen McCloy Helen McCloy Helen McCloy , pseudonym Helen Clarkson, was an American mystery writer, whose series character Dr. Basil Willing debuted in Dance of Death . Willing believes, that "every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints, and he can't wear gloves to hide them." He appeared in 13 of McCloy's novels and in... Cue for Murder 4 Jill McGown Jill McGown Jill McGown was a British writer of mystery novels. She was best known for her mystery series featuring Inspector Lloyd and Judy Hill, one of which was made into a television series... Death of a Dancer (aka Gone to Her Death) 5 Edward D. Hoch Edward D. Hoch Edward Dentinger Hoch was an American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast output of over 950 short stories.-Biography:... (Dr. Sam Hawthorne series) 6 Anthony Berkeley Cox Anthony Berkeley Cox Anthony Berkeley Cox was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts.- Life :... The Wychford Poisoning Case 7 Robert J. Sawyer Robert J. Sawyer Robert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,... Illegal Alien Illegal Alien (novel) Illegal Alien is a science fiction and mystery novel by Canadian novelist Robert J. Sawyer. The book won the 2002 Seiun Award, in Japan, for Best Foreign Novel.... 8 Fred Vargas Fred Vargas Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of the French historian, archaeologist and writer Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau . Her crime fiction policiers have won three International Dagger Awards from the Crime Writers Association, for three successive novels: in 2006, 2008 and 2009. She is the first author to... The Three Evangelists The Three Evangelists The Three Evangelists is a 1995 novel by French author Fred Vargas, translated into English in 2006. It won the inaugural Crime Writers' Association's Duncan Lawrie International Dagger, now known as the International Dagger Award.... 9 Michael Slade Michael Slade Michael Slade is the pen name of Canadian novelist Jay Clarke, a lawyer who has participated in more than 100 criminal cases and who specializes in criminal insanity. Before Clarke entered law school, his undergraduate studies focused on history... Ripper 10 Minette Walters Minette Walters Minette Walters is an English crime writer.- Life and work :After her birth in Bishop’s Stortford to a serving army officer, Capt Samuel Jebb and his wife Colleen, the first 10 years of Minette’s life were spent moving between army bases in the north and south of England... The Echo The Echo (novel) The Echo is a crime novel by Minette Walters.-Synopsis:Homeless man Billy Blake dies of starvation inside wealthy architect Amanda Powell's garage, leading her into a strange obsession with discovering how he came to be there and why he didn't call for help...

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Kiyoshi Kasai (ja) 2 Rintaro Norizuki (ja) 3 Arisu Arisugawa 4 Masayuki Shuno 5 Otsuichi Goth A Novel of Horror 6 Masaki Yamada Masaki Yamada Masaki Yamada is a Japanese science fiction author. He has won the Nihon SF Taisho Award, the Seiun Award three times, and an award for mystery fiction. His first story was in 1974. His novel Aphrodite was translated into English in 2004... 7 Taku Ashibe 8 Masaya Yamaguchi (ja) 9 Yasuhiko Nishizawa 10 Soji Shimada Soji Shimada is a Japanese logic mystery novelist. Born in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Mr. Shimada currently resides in Los Angeles, California.- Biography :...

2004

2004 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2003)

International Rank Author Title 1 Paul Halter Paul Halter Paul Halter is a writer of crime fiction known for his locked room mysteries. Halter pursued technical studies in his youth before joining the French Marines in the hope of seeing the world... La Mort Vous Invite (Death Invites You) 2 Michael Gilbert Michael Gilbert Michael Francis Gilbert, CBE was a British writer of both fictional mysteries and thrillers who wrote as Michael Gilbert.-Life and work:... Death in Captivity 3 Anthony Berkeley Cox Anthony Berkeley Cox Anthony Berkeley Cox was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts.- Life :... Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery [US title: The Mystery at Lovers' Cave] 4 Helen McCloy Helen McCloy Helen McCloy , pseudonym Helen Clarkson, was an American mystery writer, whose series character Dr. Basil Willing debuted in Dance of Death . Willing believes, that "every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints, and he can't wear gloves to hide them." He appeared in 13 of McCloy's novels and in... The Singing Diamonds and Other Stories 5 Max Afford Death's Mannikins 6 Percival Wilde Percival Wilde Percival Wilde was an American author and playwright who wrote text books on the theater arts, novels and numerous short stories and one-act plays.- Novels :... P. Moran, Operative 7 Harrington Hext Eden Phillpotts Eden Phillpotts was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in India, educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for 10 years before studying for the stage and eventually becoming a writer.... The Thing at Their Heels 8 Michael Slade Michael Slade Michael Slade is the pen name of Canadian novelist Jay Clarke, a lawyer who has participated in more than 100 criminal cases and who specializes in criminal insanity. Before Clarke entered law school, his undergraduate studies focused on history... Zombie (aka. Evil Eye) 9 Thomas H. Cook Thomas H. Cook Thomas H. Cook is an American author, whose 1996 novel The Chatham School Affair received an Edgar award from the Mystery Writers of America.Thomas H... Interrogation 10 Sarah Waters Sarah Waters Sarah Waters is a British novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith.-Childhood:Sarah Waters was born in Neyland, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1966.... Affinity Affinity (novel) Affinity is a 1999 historical fiction novel by Sarah Waters. It is the author's second novel, following Tipping the Velvet, and followed by Fingersmith.-Plot summary:...

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Shogo Utano (ja) 2 Arisu Arisugawa 3 Asami Ishimochi (ja) 4 Takahiro Okura 5 Natsuhiko Kyogoku 6 Yasuhiko Nishizawa 7 Fuyumi Ono Fuyumi Ono is a Japanese novelist who is best known for writing series, on which a popular anime is based. Her name after marriage is , but she writes under her maiden name.- Biography :... 8 Kenji Kodama (ja) 9 Hajime Tsukato (ja) 10 Soji Shimada Soji Shimada is a Japanese logic mystery novelist. Born in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Mr. Shimada currently resides in Los Angeles, California.- Biography :...

2005

2005 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2004)

International Rank Author Title 1 Paul Halter Paul Halter Paul Halter is a writer of crime fiction known for his locked room mysteries. Halter pursued technical studies in his youth before joining the French Marines in the hope of seeing the world... Le Brouillard Rouge (Red Mist) 2 Edward D. Hoch Edward D. Hoch Edward Dentinger Hoch was an American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast output of over 950 short stories.-Biography:... (Dr. Sam Hawthorne series) 3 Minette Walters Minette Walters Minette Walters is an English crime writer.- Life and work :After her birth in Bishop’s Stortford to a serving army officer, Capt Samuel Jebb and his wife Colleen, the first 10 years of Minette’s life were spent moving between army bases in the north and south of England... The Shape of Snakes The Shape of Snakes The Shape of Snakes is a crime novel by English writer Minette Walters. The story won Denmark's Pelle Rosencrantz Award.-Synopsis:In 1978, a black woman known as 'Mad Annie' by her neighbours was found dead in a west London gutter, her body discovered by Mrs... 4 Anthony Berkeley Cox Anthony Berkeley Cox Anthony Berkeley Cox was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts.- Life :... The Silk Stocking Murders 5 Edmund Crispin Edmund Crispin Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery , an English crime writer and composer.-Life and work:Montgomery was born in Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire... Holy Disorders 6 Ronald Knox Ronald Knox Ronald Arbuthnott Knox was an English priest, theologian and writer.-Life:Ronald Knox was born in Kibworth, Leicestershire, England into an Anglican family and was educated at Eton College, where he took the first scholarship in 1900 and Balliol College, Oxford, where again... The Footsteps at the Lock 7 José Carlos Somoza José Carlos Somoza José Carlos Somoza is a Spanish author born on November 13, 1959 in Havana, Cuba. In 1960 his family moved to Spain after being exiled for political reasons... The Athenian Murders The Athenian Murders The Athenian Murders is a novel written by Spanish author José Carlos Somoza. Originally published in Spain under the title La caverna de las ideas in 2000, it was translated into English in 2002 by Sonia Soto... 8 John Franklin Bardin John Franklin Bardin John Franklin Bardin was an American crime writer, best known for three novels he wrote between 1946 and 1948.-Biography:... The Last of Philip Banter Sarah Waters Sarah Waters Sarah Waters is a British novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith.-Childhood:Sarah Waters was born in Neyland, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1966.... Fingersmith Fingersmith (novel) Fingersmith is a 2002 Victorian-inspired crime fiction novel by Sarah Waters.-Part one:Sue Trinder, an orphan raised in 'a Fagin-like den of thieves' by her adoptive mother, Mrs. Sucksby, is sent to help Richard 'Gentleman' Rivers seduce a wealthy heiress. Posing as a maid, Sue is to gain the trust... 10 Charles Daly King Obelists at Sea A. H. Z. Carr The Trial of John Nobody and other stories

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Rintaro Norizuki 2 Yukito Ayatsuji (ja) 3 Yutaka Maya 4 Taku Ashibe 5 Yusuke Kishi Yusuke Kishi is a Japanese author. He graduated from Kyoto University with a degree in Economics. After working for a life insurance company for several years, Kishi started his writing career as a freelancer. He has twice won the Japan Horror Association Award, and boasts bestselling status in Japan with... 6 Kurumi Inui Kurumi Inui is a novelist and mystery writer from Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is a graduate of Shizuoka University, where he studied science and math. In 1998, his debut work J no shinwa won the 4th Mephisto Award. Because of his feminine-sounding name, he is often mistakenly thought to be a woman. His work... 7 Asami Ishimochi 8 Seiichiro Oyama (ja) 9 Hajime Amagi (ja) 10 Masayuki Shuno

2006

2006 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2005)

International Rank Author Title 1 Leo Bruce Leo Bruce Leo Bruce is a pseudonym for Rupert Croft-Cooke . Under this name, Bruce wrote several mystery novels. He created two series, one featuring Sergeant Beef, a British police officer, and a second in which Carolus Deene, senior history master at the fictional Queen's School, Newminster, is an amateur... A Bone and a Hank of Hair 2 Patrick Quentin Patrick Quentin Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler , Richard Wilson Webb , Martha Mott Kelly and Mary Louise White Aswell wrote detective fiction... Puzzle for Wantons 3 Paul Halter Paul Halter Paul Halter is a writer of crime fiction known for his locked room mysteries. Halter pursued technical studies in his youth before joining the French Marines in the hope of seeing the world... La mort derrière les rideaux (Death Behind the Curtain) 4 Michael Innes J. I. M. Stewart John Innes Mackintosh Stewart was a Scottish novelist and academic. He is equally well-known for the works of literary criticism and contemporary novels published under his real name and for the crime fiction published under the pseudonym of Michael Innes... Stop Press (aka. The Spider Strikes) 5 Hillary Waugh Hillary Waugh Hillary Baldwin Waugh was a pioneering American mystery novelist. In 1989, Waugh was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.-Career:... A Rag and a Bone 6 Michael Slade Michael Slade Michael Slade is the pen name of Canadian novelist Jay Clarke, a lawyer who has participated in more than 100 criminal cases and who specializes in criminal insanity. Before Clarke entered law school, his undergraduate studies focused on history... Shrink (aka. Primal Scream) 7 Jack Ritchie The Crime Machine and other stories 8 Aaron Elkins Aaron Elkins Aaron Elkins is an American mystery writer. He is best known for his series of novels featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver—the 'skeleton detective'.Education and background:... Good Blood 9 Leo Perutz Leo Perutz Leopold Perutz was an Austrian novelist and mathematician. He was born in Prague and was thus a citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire... Master of the Day of Judgment 10 Robert van Gulik Robert van Gulik Robert Hans van Gulik was a highly educated orientalist, diplomat, musician , and writer, best known for the Judge Dee mysteries, the protagonist of which he borrowed from the 18th-century Chinese detective novel Dee Goong An.-Life:Robert van Gulik was the son of a medical officer in the Dutch... The Willow Pattern The Willow Pattern (novel) The Willow Pattern is a detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China . It is a fiction based on the real character of Judge Dee , a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court, who lived roughly 630–700.As the author says in a postscript, the use of the Willow Pattern...

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Keigo Higashino Keigo Higashino is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels.-Biography:Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co.　. He won the Edogawa Rampo Award, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago at age 27... The Devotion of Suspect X Yōgisha X no Kenshin is a 2006 novel by Keigo Higashino, the third in his Tantei Galileo series and is his most acclaimed work thus far. The book won him numerous awards, including 134th Naoki Prize which is a highly regarded award in Japan and the 6th Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize.... 2 Asami Ishimochi 3 Takemaru Abiko (ja) 4 Kaoru Kitamura Kaoru Kitamura is the pen name of , a popular contemporary Japanese writer, mainly of short stories.-Biography:Kitamura was born in the town of Sugito in Saitama Prefecture. He studied literature at Waseda University in Tokyo, and was a member of the Waseda Mystery Club while a student there... 5 Yutaka Maya 6 Soji Shimada Soji Shimada is a Japanese logic mystery novelist. Born in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Mr. Shimada currently resides in Los Angeles, California.- Biography :... 7 Tokuya Higashigawa (ja) 8 Taku Ashibe 9 Hajime Tsukato 10 Shunsuke Sasaki (ja)

2007

2007 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2006)

International Rank Author Title 1 Norman Berrow The Footprints of Satan 2 Ellery Queen Ellery Queen Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay and Manford Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee , to write, edit, and anthologize detective fiction.The fictional Ellery Queen created by... The Tragedy of Errors 3 Paul Halter Paul Halter Paul Halter is a writer of crime fiction known for his locked room mysteries. Halter pursued technical studies in his youth before joining the French Marines in the hope of seeing the world... La Malédiction de Barberousse (The Curse of Barbarossa) 4 Guillermo Martínez Guillermo Martínez Guillermo Martínez is an Argentine novelist and short story writer.Martínez was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. He gained a PhD in mathematical logic at the University of Buenos Aires.... The Oxford Murders The Oxford Murders (novel) The Oxford Murders is a novel by the Argentine author Guillermo Martínez, first published in 2003. There is a 2005 translation by Sonia Soto.... 5 John Dickson Carr John Dickson Carr John Dickson Carr was an American author of detective stories, who also published under the pen names Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson and Roger Fairbairn.... Papa La-Bas 6 Elizabeth Ferrars Elizabeth Ferrars Elizabeth Ferrars , born Morna Doris MacTaggart, was a British crime writer.-Life:She was born in Rangoon , Burma into a Scottish timber and rice-trading family. Her early years were in the hands of a German nanny, and the initial intention was that she should be sent to Berlin to complete her... Your Neck in a Noose [US title: Neck in a Noose] 7 Richard Matheson Richard Matheson Richard Burton Matheson is an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is perhaps best known as the author of What Dreams May Come, Bid Time Return, A Stir of Echoes, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and I Am Legend, all of which have been... Now You See It... 8 R. Austin Freeman As A Thief in the Night 9 Roger Scarlett In the First Degree 10 Paul C. Doherty The Nightingale Gallery

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Arisu Arisugawa 2 Asami Ishimochi 3 Shinzo Mitsuda (ja) 4 Honobu Yonezawa (ja) 5 Natsuhiko Kyogoku 6 Shusuke Michio (ja) 7 Shusuke Michio 8 Takahiro Okura 9 Shusuke Michio 10 Seiichiro Oyama

2008

2008 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2007)

International Rank Author Title 1 Paul Halter Paul Halter Paul Halter is a writer of crime fiction known for his locked room mysteries. Halter pursued technical studies in his youth before joining the French Marines in the hope of seeing the world... La Chambre du Fou (The Madman's Room) 2 D. M. Devine Devil at Your Elbow 3 Theodore Roscoe Theodore Roscoe Theodore Roscoe was an American biographer and writer of adventure, fantasy novels and stories. Roscoe's stories appeared in pulp magazines including Argosy, Wings, Flying Stories, Far East Adventure Stories, Fight Stories, Action Stories and Adventure. A collection of his stories, The Wonderful... Murder on the Way! 4 James Anderson James Anderson (author) James Arthur Andersons first published short story appeared in Andrew J. Offutt's Swords Against V anthology in 1979. He has since published stories in Lin Carter's Weird Tales 4, Elditch Tales, Fantasy Tales, and Haunts. His nonfiction has appeared in Fangoria. In 1997 he began using his... The Affair of the Mutilated Mink 5 William Brittain Bill Brittain William E. "Bill" Brittain is an American author most famous for his writings of the fictional New England village of Coven Tree, including The Wish Giver, a Newbery Honor Book. Bill decided he wanted to be a 5th-grade teacher, but since teachers don't make a lot of money, he took up writing instead... The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr and other stories 6 Ann Cleeves Ann Cleeves Ann Cleeves is a British crime-writer. In 2006 she was the first author to win the inaugural Duncan Lawrie Dagger, the richest crime-writing prize in the world, for her novel Raven Black.... Raven Black 7 Clayton Rawson Clayton Rawson Clayton Rawson was an American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician. His four novels frequently invoke his great knowledge of stage magic and feature as their fictional detective The Great Merlini, a professional magician who runs a shop selling magic supplies... Death Out of Thin Air 8 Boris Akunin Boris Akunin Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili , a Russian writer. He is an essayist, literary translator and writer of detective fiction.-Life and career:... Murder on the Leviathan Murder on the Leviathan Murder on the Leviathan is the third novel in the Erast Fandorin series by Boris Akunin, although it was the second book in the series to be translated into English. Its subtitle is герметический детектив... 9 Edward D. Hoch Edward D. Hoch Edward Dentinger Hoch was an American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast output of over 950 short stories.-Biography:... (Dr. Sam Hawthorne series) Henry Wade The Dying Alderman

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Arisu Arisugawa 2 Shinzo Mitsuda 3 Hajime Tsukato 4 Honobu Yonezawa 5 Haruo Yamazawa (ja) 6 Shogo Utano 7 Yasuhiko Nishizawa 8 Ryuichi Kasumi (ja) 9 Soji Shimada Soji Shimada is a Japanese logic mystery novelist. Born in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Mr. Shimada currently resides in Los Angeles, California.- Biography :... 10 Asami Ishimochi

2009

2009 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2008)

International Rank Author Title 1 D. M. Devine This Is Your Death 2 Michael Innes J. I. M. Stewart John Innes Mackintosh Stewart was a Scottish novelist and academic. He is equally well-known for the works of literary criticism and contemporary novels published under his real name and for the crime fiction published under the pseudonym of Michael Innes... There Came Both Mist and Snow 3 Paul Halter Paul Halter Paul Halter is a writer of crime fiction known for his locked room mysteries. Halter pursued technical studies in his youth before joining the French Marines in the hope of seeing the world... La Septieme Hypothese (The Seventh Hypothesis) 4 Ellery Queen Ellery Queen Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay and Manford Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee , to write, edit, and anthologize detective fiction.The fictional Ellery Queen created by... The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries 1 5 Gilbert Adair Gilbert Adair Gilbert Adair is a Scottish author, film critic and journalist. He won the Author's Club First Novel Award in 1988 for his novel The Holy Innocents. In 1995 he won the Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize for his book A Void, which is a translation of the French book La Disparition by Georges Perec... The Act of Roger Murgatroyd The Act of Roger Murgatroyd The Act of Roger Murgatroyd: An Entertainment is a whodunit by Gilbert Adair first published in 2006. Set in the 1930s and written in the vein of an Agatha Christie novel, it has all the classic ingredients of a 1930s mystery and is, according to the author, "at one and the same time, a... 6 Glyn Daniel Glyn Daniel Glyn Edmund Daniel was a Welsh scientist and archaeologist whose academic career at Cambridge University specialised in the European Neolithic period. He edited the academic journal Antiquity from 1958–1985... The Cambridge Murders 7 R. Austin Freeman Mr. Pottermack's Oversight 8 James Powell A Dirge for Clowntown and other stories 9 Percival Wilde Percival Wilde Percival Wilde was an American author and playwright who wrote text books on the theater arts, novels and numerous short stories and one-act plays.- Novels :... Inquest 10 Hake Talbot Hake Talbot Hake Talbot was an American writer chiefly known for his impossible crime mystery novel Rim of the Pit . His real name was Henning Nelms , which he reserved for writing non-fiction about showmanship .During a poll by experts in 1981 arranged by Edward D... The Hangman's Handyman

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Shinzo Mitsuda 2 Shusuke Michio 3 Masaki Tsuji Masaki Tsuji is a Japanese scenario writer of TV series and films as well as mystery fiction novels. Tsuji was most active in the business from the 1960s through the 1980s, and worked as a script writer on many popular anime TV series for Mushi Production, Toei Animation, and Tokyo Movie Shinsha.Among the... 4 Keigo Higashino Keigo Higashino is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels.-Biography:Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co.　. He won the Edogawa Rampo Award, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago at age 27... 5 Kiyoshi Kasai 6 Taku Ashibe 7 Arisu Arisugawa 8 Hajime Tsukato 9 Reiichiro Fukami (ja) 10 Yusuke Kishi Yusuke Kishi is a Japanese author. He graduated from Kyoto University with a degree in Economics. After working for a life insurance company for several years, Kishi started his writing career as a freelancer. He has twice won the Japan Horror Association Award, and boasts bestselling status in Japan with... Hiu Torikai (ja)

2010

2010 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2009)

International Rank Author Title 1 D. M. Devine Dead Trouble 2 Percival Wilde Percival Wilde Percival Wilde was an American author and playwright who wrote text books on the theater arts, novels and numerous short stories and one-act plays.- Novels :... Tinsley's Bones 3 Paul Halter Paul Halter Paul Halter is a writer of crime fiction known for his locked room mysteries. Halter pursued technical studies in his youth before joining the French Marines in the hope of seeing the world... La Tete du Tigre (The Tiger's Head) 4 Jim Kelly Jim Kelly (author) Jim Kelly is an author and journalist. Kelly won the Crime Writers Association Dagger in the Library award in 2006.As of 2011, Kelly has written eight crime novels, including the award-winning The Water Clock, featuring fictional journalist Philip Dryden, based in the Cambridgeshire area of Great... The Water Clock 5 Edward D. Hoch Edward D. Hoch Edward Dentinger Hoch was an American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast output of over 950 short stories.-Biography:... (Simon Ark series) 6 Ellery Queen Ellery Queen Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay and Manford Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee , to write, edit, and anthologize detective fiction.The fictional Ellery Queen created by... The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries 2 7 Marcel F. Lanteaume Trompe-l'oeil 8 Anthony Lejeune Mr. Diabolo 9 Helen McCloy Helen McCloy Helen McCloy , pseudonym Helen Clarkson, was an American mystery writer, whose series character Dr. Basil Willing debuted in Dance of Death . Willing believes, that "every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints, and he can't wear gloves to hide them." He appeared in 13 of McCloy's novels and in... Two-Thirds of a Ghost 10 T. S. Stribling Thomas Sigismund Stribling Thomas Sigismund Stribling was an American writer and lawyer who published under the name T.S. Stribling. He won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1933 for his novel The Store.-Life:... Best Dr. Poggioli Detective Stories

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Shogo Utano 2 Yasuhiko Nishizawa 3 Yukito Ayatsuji 4 Honobu Yonezawa 5 Keigo Higashino Keigo Higashino is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels.-Biography:Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co.　. He won the Edogawa Rampo Award, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago at age 27... 6 Kaoru Kitamura Kaoru Kitamura is the pen name of , a popular contemporary Japanese writer, mainly of short stories.-Biography:Kitamura was born in the town of Sugito in Saitama Prefecture. He studied literature at Waseda University in Tokyo, and was a member of the Waseda Mystery Club while a student there... 7 Koji Yanagi (ja) 8 Tokuya Higashigawa 9 Koji Kitakuni (ja) Tokuro Nukui (ja)

2011

2011 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 (Hara Shobo. December, 2010)

International Rank Author Title 1 Peter Antony How Doth the Little Crocodile? 2 Louis Bayard The Pale Blue Eye 3 William Brittain Bill Brittain William E. "Bill" Brittain is an American author most famous for his writings of the fictional New England village of Coven Tree, including The Wish Giver, a Newbery Honor Book. Bill decided he wanted to be a 5th-grade teacher, but since teachers don't make a lot of money, he took up writing instead... Mr.Strang Gives a Lecture and other stories 4 Rupert Penny Policeman's Evidence 5 Anthony Berkeley Panic Party 6 Paul Halter Paul Halter Paul Halter is a writer of crime fiction known for his locked room mysteries. Halter pursued technical studies in his youth before joining the French Marines in the hope of seeing the world... La Lettre Qui Tue (The Deadly Letter) Patrick Quentin Patrick Quentin Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler , Richard Wilson Webb , Martha Mott Kelly and Mary Louise White Aswell wrote detective fiction... Puzzle for Fiends 8 Carol O'Connell Carol O'Connell Carol O'Connell is an author of crime fiction, with a large series of crime books focusing around the character Kathy Mallory. The first book of nine novels about Mallory is Mallory's Oracle which was sent to England where it was auctioned in Europe, successfully. When it was brought back to the... Bone by Bone 9 Jeffery Deaver Jeffery Deaver Jeffery Deaver is an American mystery/crime writer. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University and originally started working as a journalist. He later practiced law before embarking on a successful career as a best-selling... Roadside Crosses 10 Freeman Wills Crofts Freeman Wills Crofts Freeman Wills Crofts was an Irish mystery author, one of the 'Big Four' of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.-Birth and education:Crofts was born at 26 Waterloo Road, Dublin, Ireland... Antidote to Venom Peter Tremayne Hemlock at Vespers and other stories

Japanese Rank Author Title 1 Yutaka Maya 2 Yu Shizaki (ja) 3 Shinzo Mitsuda 4 Taku Ashibe 5 NANAKAWA Kanan (ja) 6 Yutaka Maya 7 Soji Shimada Soji Shimada is a Japanese logic mystery novelist. Born in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Mr. Shimada currently resides in Los Angeles, California.- Biography :... 8 Ban Madoi (ja) 9 Tokuya Higashigawa 10 Jun Kurachi

See also

• Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize
  Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize
  The are presented every year by the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. They honor the best in honkaku mystery fiction and critical work published in the previous year.- Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize for Best Novel winners :...
  
  
• Japanese detective fiction
  Japanese detective fiction
  , is a popular genre of Japanese literature. It's generally called in Japan.- Name :When the Western detective fictions spread into Japan, it created a new genre called detective fiction in Japanese literature....
  
  
• Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!
• The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
  The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
  The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time is a list published in book form in 1990 by the British-based Crime Writers' Association. Five years later, the Mystery Writers of America published a similar list entitled The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time...
  
  

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