A must-read for fans of mystery and detective fiction!
A collection of classic world short stories about murderers, personally selected by Edogawa Ranpo, the "father of Japanese detective fiction"!
"Portrait of a Murderer": Hunger, repression, bullying, and a school as cold as winter...
"Faith, Hope, Love": The savage sunlight over the wilderness pierces the guilty one's heart.
"The Killer": Waiting for Death to knock at your door is more terrifying than death itself!
In Europe and America, people have often set out to compile collections of the world's finest short detective stories. This book selects the finest gems from those collections, works beloved by Edogawa Ranpo, the "father of Japanese detective fiction," and presents them in six volumes. Together, they offer a historic overview of short detective fiction from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Spanning a hundred years, these stories encompass classic, suspense, hard-boiled, and other genres. Their varied forms brim with a charm distinct from that of longer works.
