The Originator of Chinese Suspense: the Complete Collection of Detective Cases in the Republic of China (Six Volumes)

The originator of Chinese suspense, a complete collection of detective stories in the Republic of China. Contains: Sun Liaohong: Lu Ping Detective Series, Sun Liaohong's Lu Ping Detective Series emphasizes the suspense of the story and often has a mysterious and terrifying atmosphere. For example, cold and stiff ghost hands with sharp nails are touching people's necks in the middle of the night ("Ghost Hands"); in the middle of the night with heavy rain, the windows are rattled by the strong wind, and in the middle of the empty hall, a smiling corpse appears under the dim light of a flashlight ("The Blue Rattlesnake"); the criminal is tied up in the field and is helplessly searching around, with a sharp knife The knife cut open the body, and with the burst of burnt smell, a bloody paper figure soaked in blood appeared ("Blood Paper Man"); in the morgue room, two girls were putting makeup on the corpse, and suddenly there were bursts of hissing sounds outside the window... These vividly described and very realistic scenes made the readers tremble and left a very deep impression. Lu Ping, created by Sun Liaohong, is a detective, but he is different from ordinary detectives. His true identity is a grand thief. Therefore, he added the characteristics of "killing the rich and giving to the poor" in line with traditional Chinese cultural concepts, which has been recognized by the majority of readers. Just like Jason Robin in Maurice Leblanc's novel, he is a rogue, and his name is somewhat similar. Zhao Tiaokuang: Detective Hu Xian series, Zhao Tiaokuang's "Detective Hu Xian" is a famous collection of "comical detective" novels during the Republic of China. It can be said to be the source of the current "humorous mystery" novel type and a representative of the "anti-detective" type in the Republic of China. The protagonist of the novel, Hu Xian, was the most famous "failed detective" at that time, occupying a place among many famous detectives in China. Nanfeng Pavilion: Luo Shifu's detective series is the masterpiece of detective novels by Nanfeng Pavilion, a detective novelist in the late Qing Dynasty. It is also a rare vernacular detective novel in the late Qing Dynasty. It can be called the late Qing version of "Oriental Sherlock Holmes". The protagonist of the novel, Luo Shifu, whose name means "Teacher Holmes", is the "Oriental Sherlock Holmes" who was born before the great detective "Hawthorne". Selected series of He Puzhai's masterpieces, including "Red in the Snow" and "Snow Lion" by He Puzhai, the representative detective novel of the Republic of China. The selected series of Liu Bannong's masterpieces includes the short detective novels "Dagger" and "Tan'e" in the "Catch the King" series written by Liu Bannong, as well as the "Sherlock Holmes" imitation "Holmes Failed", which shows the characteristics of Chinese detective novels in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The selected series of Xu Zhuodai's masterpieces is known as the "three-dimensional comedian". Xu Zhuodai, a leading literary giant in the field of modern comic novels, has a rich and diverse life experience. He is not only a playwright and actor who can write and act, but also an expert in creating comic novels. With his witty thinking and unconstrained writing, he writes a new artistic style of comic novels.