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This book is the fourth volume in the series "Collection of Edogawa Ranpo's Mystery Masterpieces". It selects eight classic short stories by the Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo, covering the most bizarre, curious and philosophically profound works in his creative career. From the voyeur's criminal carnival to the inhuman abnormal love, from the madness of the mirror world to the death game of mechanical devices, Ranpo uses amazing imagination and delicate psychological description to construct a dark maze that wanders between reality and madness.

This anthology contains a total of 36 essays, some recounting past events, some talking about old friends, or some expressing personal opinions, showing a different kind of chaos hidden behind the confusing, magical and magnificent detective novels. Perhaps there are many novelists who are warriors fighting for humanity, and there are also many novelists who are artists who seek to please readers and make money. But this kind of utilitarian view that is close to reality seems to me to be shallow and false. Any novelist will embark on this path, more or less, because he cannot become a city lord in the real world, but is qualified to be a phantom city lord. This is probably more important than any fame and fortune. (Excerpted from "Phantom City Lord")

The "Edogawa Ranpo Classic Mystery Novels Collection" series contains 3-4 wonderful, independent mystery stories in each volume. This volume includes the classic work "The Human Chair" that has been adapted into movies many times, as well as Kogoro Akechi's debut works "Black Lizard" and "Kage Man". Edogawa Ranpo's works draw on a wide range of materials and have unique conceptions. Sometimes they are realistic, and sometimes they are weird and grotesque. But what remains the same is that the storyline is always so confusing and exciting. Edogawa can always use the subtleties to maximize the fear deep in the readers' hearts, making people shudder. This is one of the reasons why even though he was a mystery novelist active in the 20th century, people still hear his name with great fanfare. His character Akechi Kogoro is a well-known detective in Japan.

The queen of the underworld, the Black Lizard, makes detective Akechi very troublesome. She actually dares to take the initiative and compete with Akechi in a battle of wits and courage. Who will be the final winner? The Black Lizard fell in love with Sanae, the daughter of the Iwase Shobei family, a wealthy Osaka businessman, and even wanted to take possession of the Iwase family's treasure "The Star of Egypt". Iwase, who has repeatedly received threatening letters, asked Akechi to protect his daughter's personal safety. However, the detective arbitrarily classified this incident as a prank and made mistakes repeatedly. Not only was Sanae kidnapped, and the "Star of Egypt" fell into the hands of the enemy, he was even thrown into the sea and almost fed the fish... During the fight between the enemy and us, the detective and the female thief secretly fell in love. So, will the beloved Black Lizard change his past for Akechi, or will Akechi fall into confusion, give up all the values ​​of his life, and follow the evil Black Lizard?

"The Yin Beast" is the fourth volume of "Edogawa Ranpo's Collection of Works", which contains four mystery novellas by Edogawa Ranpo. In Ranpo's creative career of more than 40 years, there were only four novellas. "The Yin Beast" is Luan Bu's first work after he stopped writing. The protagonists of the story are two mystery novelists who belong to the original school and the changed school. One is the narrator of the story, "I" Hanchuan, and the other is Oe Chunni. The last protagonist is a beautiful woman, Shizuko. One day Hanchuan met Shizuko in the museum. Afterwards, the two exchanged letters. A few months later, Jingzi was threatened by Chunni and asked "I" for help. Soon after, Rokuro was killed. How did Hanchuan reason, who was the murderer, and who was Oe Chunni? This is a masterpiece of original mystery novels that combines eroticism, strangeness, absurdity (characteristics of Taisho period popular culture) and reasoning. One of Ranpo's masterpieces.

This book is the third volume in the series "Collection of Edogawa Ranpo's Mystery Masterpieces", which includes 9 Edogawa Ranpo's classic mystery works, including "The Human Chair". "The Human Chair" - Edogawa Ranpo's shocking sensory nightmare, challenges the boundaries of intimacy and privacy, and exposes the deepest malevolence lurking in everyday objects. The chair you sit in as you open this book has never been more disturbing.

This book collects Edogawa Ranpo's most classic detective novels, including A Poisonous Weed, Two Copper Coins, The Moon and the Glove, The Masked Dancer, and The Yin Beast.

The "Edogawa Ranpo Classic Mystery Novels Collection" series contains 3-4 wonderful, independent mystery stories in each volume. This volume includes the classic work "The Human Chair" that has been adapted into movies many times, as well as Kogoro Akechi's debut works "Black Lizard" and "Kage Man". Edogawa Ranpo's works draw on a wide range of materials and have unique conceptions. Sometimes they are realistic, and sometimes they are weird and grotesque. But what remains the same is that the storyline is always so confusing and exciting. Edogawa can always use the subtleties to maximize the fear deep in the readers' hearts, making people shudder. This is one of the reasons why even though he was a mystery novelist active in the 20th century, people still hear his name with great fanfare. His character Akechi Kogoro is a well-known detective in Japan.

This book contains two novellas: "The Black Lizard" and "The Man with Twenty Faces". The female street thief Black Lizard and the Kaitou with Twenty Faces are both notorious thieves. They even take the initiative to compete with the famous detective Akechi Kogoro. Even if you are a good detective, you will inevitably find yourself in trouble when you encounter them. In "The Twelve Faces", Twelve Faces appears for the first time. He is a master of makeup and can disguise himself as he pleases. Since then, in Edogawa Ranpo's many novels, he will have countless intellectual battles with Akechi Kogoro.