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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.

This book contains seven classic works written by Edogawa Ranpo, with the famous detective Akechi Kogoro as the protagonist. Including "D-Saka Murder", "Psychological Test", "Ghost", "Walker on the Ceiling", "Who", "Black Lizard" and "Devil's Emblem". As the most outstanding character in Edogawa Ranpo's works, Akechi Kogoro focuses on the reasoning and deduction of human nature and criminal psychology, and has profound attainments in criminology and detective science. He made his debut in "D-Saka Murder Incident" and established his image as a thinking genius detective through the detection of cases in a series of novels.

The newly published "Edogawa Ranpo Mystery Novels Collection" includes "Ghost of the Island", "Banshee", "Black Lizard", "Shadow Beast", "Triple Vortex", "Ghost Tower" and many other works, covering more than 30 Ranpo short, medium and long stories. Several works that have been published so far have received a lot of praise. Edogawa Ranpo's mystery novel collection: "Ghost Tower". On April 2nd, the fourth year of Taisho, the sky was covered with dark clouds. I was asked by my uncle, Tamaki Jotaro, to inspect the bell tower. However, I met a mysterious woman here. I don't know who she is or where she comes from. She always stands in front of the clock tower, which is said to be haunted by ghosts, and feels sad. She held a secret, which attracted me deeply. Regardless of all obstacles, I decided to get close to her and love her. Unexpectedly, this decision led me into a shocking conspiracy... Edogawa Ranpo mystery novel collection: "Triple Whirlpool". It contains two novels, "Triple Vortex" and "Spider-Man", and is one of Akechi Kogoro's detective series. The two daughters of Shotaro Kawade, the director of H Sugar Co., Ltd., Met with accidents one after another, leaving only the clues of the "triple vortex" fingerprints at the crime scene. Dr. Munakata was ordered to investigate the case. During the investigation, two of Dr. Munakata's assistants were killed one after another. What kind of grievances are hidden behind a series of confusing cases? What's the secret behind the terrifying "triple vortex" fingerprints? Edogawa Ranpo's mystery novel collection: "The Dark Beast". Ranpo "Weird" series collection! It contains 20 curious short stories such as "The Human Chair", "Ashi's Appearance", "The Monogram", etc. It's so imaginative that you can't forget it! If there is a force that leads you to look into the deep abyss, do you have the courage to take a look? I almost became a puppet manipulated by him, making inferences based on the evidence he gave. \U002F "Yin Beast". I indulged in caressing her body across the chair, seeking love in the deep darkness. \U002F "Human Chair". I met a strange man during my travels. He carried a sticker with him, which showed a lifelike young woman and a gray-haired old man. When the man saw that I was curious, he wanted to tell me a weird love story. \U002F "The person walking with the person in the painting". She whom I loved so deeply turned out to be a female thief. \U002FLetter combination. ... Edogawa Ranpo's mystery novel collection: "Black Lizard". It includes six novels: "The D-Saka Murder Case", "Psychological Experiment", "The Black Hand", "Ghost", "The Walker on the Attic" and "The Black Lizard". It tells the story of the famous detective "Akechi Kogoro" in Edogawa Ranpo's works from an amateur to an amateur detective. In "The D-Saka Murder Case", the 25-year-old Akechi made his debut. At this time, Akechi showed his talent as a detective. Through the four short stories "Psychological Experiment", "Mafia Gang", "Ghost" and "Wanderer on the Attic", Akechi gradually became a famous amateur detective in Japan. In "Black Lizard", Akechi meets his biggest enemy on the road of detective work, "Black Lizard". The gangster thief Black Lizard attempts to abduct Iwase Shohei's beloved Sanae, and also wants to take possession of Iwase Trading Company's treasure "Egyptian Star". Iwase, who repeatedly received threatening letters, begged Akechi Kogoro to protect his daughter and gems, but the great detective failed again and again. Sanae was kidnapped, "Star of Egypt" fell into the enemy's hands, and even he himself was almost drowned in the sea... Edogawa Ranpo's mystery novel collection: "Banshee". Includes two novels: "Hell's Master of Funny" and "The Banshee". "Hell's Master of Comics": In the bustling urban area of ​​Tokyo, a nude statue containing a female corpse was accidentally exposed to everyone. The sculptor Jin Guanchuang, who behaved strangely, became the target of police suspicion. When the police went to investigate, a fire broke out in Jin Guanchuang's house, and he almost died in it. A fire of unknown origin, the suspect being tied up inexplicably, and behind all these visions, a discordant and weird laugh suddenly appeared. Who is he? What do you want? "Banshee": Takehiko Shoji went to the Marquis of Okawara's house to work as a secretary, but what awaited him was not the excitement of work, but a series of murders and fascinating beauties. First, his colleague Himeda fell off a cliff inexplicably, and then Murakoshi was shot dead in a closed room... Everyone has a perfect alibi. Can the arrival of Akechi Kogoro bring a turn to the confusing case? Edogawa Ranpo's mystery novel collection: "The Ghost of the Island". Includes two classic works: "The Ghost of the Island" and "The Strange Story of Banorama Island". The works all use islands as the main background, telling a strange adventure story that took place on the island. "Ghost on the Island": My beloved woman passed away mysteriously. Taking her ashes with me, I ran to the wilderness in grief and swore to God that I would find the murderer behind her. However, she only left behind a family tree full of strange words as a clue. According to the family tree, during the continuous investigation, strange secret room incidents, assassinations in broad daylight... Various incidents happened one after another like a curse. Lies, tragic love, madness, and the death of my poor woman led me step by step to that mysterious island. "The Strange Story of Banorama Island": Hirosuke Hitomi has been immersed in the ideal of transforming nature, hoping that one day he can create a "Banorama Island" that belongs only to him with his own hands. By chance, Ren Jianguangsuke's ideal has a chance to become a reality. On this strange and beautiful island, Hitomi Kosuke builds a dream world that is untouchable by the world. People who do not belong to this world will not understand that this is the world that he devoted all his efforts to portray until the end of his life.

"What weird and terrifying things are happening in the corners of the world that people can't see are completely beyond people's imagination." "The Human Chair" is when a strange man with evil intentions lives on your sofa; "The Taro" is when a wife has to face the loss of her limbs and hearing every day. A husband who talks about his abilities; "The Dark Beast" is when the mystery writer personally commits the perfect crime in his work; "Dr. Muro" is when the residents of the same suite hang themselves one after another... This book contains 8 Edogawa Rampo Japanese thriller classics, each of which explores the hidden corners of the human heart!

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 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.

"Magician" is the eighth volume of "Edogawa Ranpo Collection". This time, the famous detective encountered a powerful enemy in his career. In order to take revenge, the magician set up a mysterious game. The sad sound of the flute comes from the bloody murder scene, the corpses are covered with beautiful cherry blossoms, the ingenious prison gate boat, the guillotine on the bell tower that seems to be infused with magic, the five-body dismemberment of a beautiful woman performing in public, and the red striped snake crawling out of the bloody corpse. The magician's ever-changing techniques confuse everyone's eyes. Can Akechi see through it all, find out the murderer and escape safely?

Young Miura's lover Kizaki Shodai was stabbed to death in a secret room, leaving a strange family tree at the scene. Miura vowed to find the real culprit for his lover and invited detective Miyamaki Kokichi to investigate the truth of the incident. As the case made some progress, Shen Shanmu was stabbed to death at the beach. Various events happened one after another like a curse. The death of the first generation led Mipu to the mysterious island step by step. Everything is related to this family tree...

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.