Reasoning When the Stars Shine (Gomai Classic)

"The editorial policy of this book is to focus on the two BEST10 I conceived, and to collect masterpieces published in the past century (from the mid-19th century to the post-World War II period). The writers are mainly from the United Kingdom and the United States, plus Chekhov from Russia, Leblanc from France, and Groler who was born in Hungary. As for the content, in addition to original works that focus on trickery and what I call wonderful aftertaste works, it also includes humorous reasoning, tough guy style and other types." ——Edogawa Ranpo This book is a collection of short mystery novels from around the world, carefully compiled and selected by the famous mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo, who is known as the "father of Japanese mystery novels". Starting with "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe, the originator of mystery novels, Collins The selected works span two centuries, and the spatial scope focuses on Europe and the United States, where the development of mystery novels is the most mature. The selected works are all sorted by the time of creation. They include original reasoning that focuses on trickery, and suspense stories with long aftertaste. It also includes humorous reasoning, tough guy style and other genre branches, which are both representative and interesting to read. From it, readers can look forward to the century-old development of mystery novels and overlook the many genres of mystery novels. *The whole book is divided into two volumes. The first volume "The Structure of Mysteries" contains 19 masterpieces that pioneered the decryption genre and focused on character reasoning, while the second volume "Wonderful Aftertaste" contains 19 detective stories with humorous writing, long aftertaste, and a focus on portraying the detective's personal charm. *The articles are sorted according to the time of writing, and each article is accompanied by comments written by Edogawa Ranpo. *Includes the genealogy of European and American mystery writers over the past two hundred years, including important writers, genre inheritance, technical characteristics, and other basic popular knowledge about the mystery world, all in one map.