The Crime Writers’ Association

Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger 2026

Shortlisted


Uketsu

tr. Jim Rion

Strange Pictures

Edited by: Daniel Seton

Published by: Pushkin Press - Vertigo

Judges’ comments

A particularly innovative take on the tale of detection, this Japanese worldwide phenomenon blends text and illustrations to resolve a Golden Age-type puzzle and carries the reader along in its wake, turning him or her into the sleuth.

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