A Box Set of Highly Rated Mystery and Suspense Novels (3 Books)

This work brings together three highly rated mystery novels: The Invisible Elephant, Plum Blossom Nail, and The Long Night Is Coming. The Invisible Elephant: Elephant, whose real name is Wu Xing, is a newspaper reporter with an extraordinary sense of smell. He needs eight and a half hours of sleep every day and is afraid of camera flashes. One day, while working, he comes across a bizarre murder. The victim was strangled to death with a rope, dressed in a red bellyband, blindfolded with black cloth, and had a steelyard weight dangling from the soles of their feet. After this case, similar murders begin cropping up across the country. Some suspect they were committed by the same killer, who is using murder to achieve some hidden purpose... The cases awaken Elephant's own detective instincts and set him on the trail of the killer. As he delves into the scenes of the serial murders, he seeks help from online users, death-row inmates, and detectives, developing a unique crime-solving method based on sample analysis. One killer after another is caught, yet Elephant only grows more confused. The truth is far from what he imagined, and a shocking secret remains hidden. Elephant falls into a trap without realizing it... He is ready for this battle against the evil in human nature, even if it costs him his life. Plum Blossom Nail: A charred corpse is dumped in a desolate marsh. A nail is embedded in the victim's forehead, its head shaped like a plum blossom. A suspicious anonymous tip directs the police to Jiufang Street, where the victim is believed to have been a hostess who went by the online name Taohua. At Taohua's home, the culprit has destroyed or disguised every piece of evidence that could confirm her identity, making the case far more complicated. Who was Taohua, and why was she killed? After investigating, the police turn their attention to several suspects: Li Shengli, a tight-lipped farmer; Luo Guangyou, a promising young lawyer; and Zheng Ganzhou, the highly influential president of the New Coal Group. Yet there is no conclusive evidence to prove that any of them committed the crime. What was Zheng Ganzhou's connection to Taohua's death? Who is the killer, repeatedly framing others? How did the mysterious plum blossom nail become a murder weapon? Is the deranged shaman pretending to be mad, or has he truly lost his mind? A murder case buried for thirty years awakens a bloodthirsty urge once more, devouring the last remnants of faith in people's hearts and bringing about a deadly end. The Long Night Is Coming: A hostess is mysteriously found hanged in her home, and a pair of underwear is the only clue. The criminal who is caught turns out to be nothing but a puppet. Soon afterward, another young woman is murdered at home in the same way. Public outcry erupts, and all of Qianshan is gripped by fear. The authorities order the case solved within thirty days, and Xia Mo begins a deadly pursuit of the killer. As the investigation deepens, Xia Mo realizes that the killer has him completely under control. Every clue, every piece of evidence, and every suspect they point to seems like a stage in a game set up in advance. The real killer is like a ghost, everywhere and yet impossible to find. After repeated failures, Xia Mo gradually spots the signs, and a baffling unsolved case from more than twenty years ago begins to come into focus. Everything is a cycle. Everything is fate.