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Alan Twist, a doctor of criminology, specializes in solving strange cases that seem impossible to do manually. He goes deep into the strange legends and uncovers the truth behind the cases. When the undead in the tomb dance crazily at midnight; when the succubus who lures sailors to the rocks sings ominous songs; when the soul comes to reveal the murder in the secret room, and the only clue is the damaged "The King in Yellow"; when the cursed ancient gong vibrates again, summoning death; when the escalator is possessed by evil spirits and shoots and kills repeatedly... This book contains 14 ghostly short stories by Paul Holt. Open this book and see the truth behind the strange legend!

Have you ever counted the white lines on a zebra crossing? Aiming for the opposite side of the road, crossing it while counting the white lines that are a little thick and shiny in the winter sun. He moved his steps with extreme caution, as if he was afraid of falling to the bottom of the black asphalt. There are seventeen white lines. A wonderful prime number. It is not divisible by any number other than itself and one. He said it was a good number to represent loneliness without friends. By replacing the world with numbers, the boy can feel at ease. In order to confirm who I am, I count my heartbeat and breathing all day long. The boy said that he was not human. I am just a counter, not a person.

The soul is inherently empty, but prayer is a real ritual. November is entering winter, and the thrilling "Suspense World Spiritual Prayer" is online: the popular writer Zhou Haohui serialized "The Devotee" (2) and Yan Leisheng's "Demon House" (1), taking you into a world where reality and fiction coexist...

A murderer who has lived in a deformed family for a long time will kill his family members without leaving any survivors. God of Mystery Ellery Quinn's masterpiece that changed the history of mystery! Out-of-print reappearance. The Hart family is rich and mysterious, and all members have eccentric personalities. The male protagonist York Hart suddenly disappeared one day, and his body was found by a fishing boat. It was beyond recognition and was judged to be a suicide. Two months later, multiple murders occurred in the Hart family. After investigation, the police found that all the evidence strangely pointed to Hart, who had already committed suicide... However, a sudden fire burned all the evidence. The family's evil bloodline breeds one after another lust-filled, deformed and twisted people. It wasn't until lawyers disclosed the Hart family's will that the family members finally revealed their true nature. Everyone wants to get the inheritance, and everyone may be the murderer... The police seek the help of detective Jerry Lane, but as the investigation deepens, Lane discovers an extremely terrifying fact...

This story begins thirteen years ago. In a studio directly under NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), a man with messy ginger hair was sitting alone in front of the computer writing a diary. He didn't type on the keyboard, he used a pen. The four walls are covered with various high-tech equipment, using the world's most advanced technology and materials at that time, with red, yellow, and green indicator lights flashing apart from each other. He had just written: Our arrogance has made our understanding of the truth of the universe slow... Suddenly, the computer in front of us made an alarm "beep", and then there was another sharp and ear-piercing sound. The man became alarmed, this had never happened. He immediately put down the pen, moved the mouse, and stared at the screen - his expression became surprised, and his fingers tapped the keyboard faster and faster, as if the piano had reached the climax of the music.

"The Detective Collection of Father Brown" (full translation), from "The Sapphire Cross" to "The Mysterious Mourner", has a total of 21 chapters. The Father Brown described in these works seems to have nothing to do with the investigation.

The always calm and composed Hercule Poirot is facing the most difficult case in his detective career - the motive of the crime? Doesn't exist. Poison? Not knowing where to end. Mr. Satterthwaite, that spectator on the stage of life, reappears and steals much of the limelight from the great detective. An innocent girl who doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth, two gentle older gentlemen, and three innocent dead people who have no connection with each other. Similar dramas are staged alternately, and the tragedy begins with a banquet of thirteen people that is destined to turn into a curse, and slowly begins...

"Detective Kaga 5: I Killed Him" ​​is another "guess the murderer" style work by Keigo Higashino that allows readers to solve the mystery. A wedding that was supposed to be grand ended abruptly in a series of accidents. The groom's ex-girlfriend committed suicide by taking poison, and the groom died of poisoning at the wedding. The police wanted to characterize the case as coercion to commit suicide for love, but Kaga followed up step by step and identified three suspects. They are all full of murderous intentions towards the groom, but they have perfect proof that they cannot poison him. Faced with the intricate poison capsule conspiracy, Kaga must make the man confess: "I killed him!"

The work of Matsumoto Seicho, an insurmountable master in the world of reasoning literature. Keigo Higashino, Miyuki Miyabe, Shoji Shimada, and Natsuhiko Kyogoku are all loyal readers of Matsumoto Seicho. Seicho Matsumoto pioneered social reasoning and wrote about the weaknesses of human nature and the roots of evil. Matsumoto Seicho's works have been adapted into movies and TV series more than 500 times, and have had a profound impact on the entire Japanese literary and art world! We can see the truth clearly, but we cannot see the human heart clearly. Even ordinary people may have seeds of evil in their hearts. No matter how small the malice is, it still has huge destructive power. A pet that was brutally murdered, a carp that changed color for no reason, a victim who disappeared, a case that has not been solved for thirty years, and eyes that were closed - these five breathtaking cases contain unexpected motives and extremely complex human nature.

"The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" successfully created "China's Sherlock Holmes" and was translated into and published in many foreign languages, leaving a significant mark in the history of cultural exchanges between China and the world. Fifteen versions of the translated version of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" are planned to be published. Zhang Ling, who has studied Gao Luopei for many years, will be responsible for the translation and write annotations and postscripts that are both academic and readable. However, because it is the only version on the market that can be independently translated by one person, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, so five types ("The Golden Case", "The Iron Nail Case", "The Lakeside Case", "The Bronze Bell Case" and "The Labyrinth Case") are first released for readers. Each volume is equipped with illustrations created by Gauloppe himself, which are full of ancient charm and pleasing to the eye. "The Golden Case" tells the story that in 663 AD, Di Renjie was first appointed as the magistrate of Penglai County, accompanied by his servant Hong Liang. On the way, he met Ma Rong and Qiao Tai, heroes of the green forest, and conquered them. He later solved the case of the poisoning and death of the former county magistrate Wang Yuan, the disappearance of Gu Mengbin's bride, and the murder of Fan Zhong. In this small port in northeastern China - a strange place where the dead are said to crawl out of their graves on stormy nights, Judge Dee solved three puzzling cases in one fell swoop.

A work commemorating the 25th anniversary of Nishizawa Yasuhiko's debut! A collection of mature character reasoning short stories. When I came to my senses, thirty-eight years had passed, the era had changed from Showa to Reiwa, and I had become a ghost. Who killed me and why am I buried in this hole? A teacher troubled by murderous nightmares woke up and found that the dream had become reality. He drove to the abandoned house and found that the bodies were increasing one by one. Could it be that the female student who commissioned the murder has the ability to manipulate people's hearts? Writer Thomas brought his newly written novel to his friends to read. The content is about an unsolved murder case more than forty years ago. Are those unnatural places a flaw in the novelist's creative skills or does he have another agenda? The five short stories are like falling into an illusion, like watching a movie that has never happened in the past but is quite real. The mysteries of the past are gradually becoming clearer, but people today are trapped by delusions...

The dispute over interests and money between a pair of brothers engaged in securities investment led to a sensational murder case in New York, which revealed the chaos of the social and economic order in the West, people's greed for wealth and indifference to family affection. Stock trader Alvin Benson was unanimously recognized as a "good guy" in the eyes of his family and friends, but he was suddenly shot dead at home. He was neatly dressed and sitting on the sofa in the living room. He was shot in the head and held a book in his hand. He looked like he was concentrating with his eyes closed. Was it suicide? Or was someone deliberately faking the scene?

She was a well-known socialite in New York who traveled among men, but she was strangled to death in her home. The murder scene seemed perfect, like a flawless home invasion and murder. Unexpectedly, the investigation turned out to be full of doubts. Everything seemed to be an illusion created to cover up the truth. As a result of in-depth investigation, not only did the case not come to light, but an even more confusing "gang of four suspects" emerged. Who is the murderer? What awaits them is one trap after another and the return of death...

Nanako Doba, who was born and raised in Kinozaki Town and married a high school classmate, was thinking about escaping from her hometown while running a business at a Buddhist altar fittings shop in the local Utopia Shopping Street. Five years ago, due to her husband's job transfer at Hakkai Fisheries, the family came to Nosaki Town to live in a mediocre environment. She always believed that her husband would be transferred soon. Invited by Kengo Miyahara, her boyfriend from art college, ceramic artist Seirei Hoshikawa moved to Kashizaki Town two years ago and lived in "Misaki Castle" where many artists gathered. Three women with completely different life trajectories jointly organized the "Clara's Wings" charity event in the name of love in order to help people in wheelchairs like Jiumei Xiang who have limited mobility. However, when they discovered that these "wings" could bring them tangible benefits and even lead them to fly to the utopia in their hearts, everything became unspeakable. The malice in human nature was like the day of utopia, tempting them to sink into the abyss from which they could not escape...

Keigo Higashino's dark style masterpiece challenges readers' kidnapping reasoning! Who is the ultimate winner of this "kidnapping game"? I, Shunsuke Sakuma, am an advertising person. This was the first time I had the idea of ​​"revenge on a customer". Because of the client's almost humiliating torture, I inadvertently had the idea of ​​spying on the client, but unexpectedly, I opened up a new identity. Will that girl who ran away from home become my "best weapon" to take revenge on her father? Temporarily trusted "interest parties" are cheating and exploiting each other! I am "Juri", yes, I am the "Juri Katsuragi" who was kidnapped. Faced with Sakuma, who co-designed the "kidnapping" with me, why would I be so obedient and follow the trap he designed step by step to help him take revenge on my father? When should I tell him the secret I keep in my heart? "Kidnapping" begins... The personality game between virtuality and reality, the morbid love that gradually becomes attached! This work has been adapted into TV series and movies many times.

"Successor of Keigo Higashino" Chinen Mikito's reversal of the new work with a subversive ending! Four years ago, the shadow of "Game Master" loomed over Tokyo. That deal with human life as a bargaining chip ended with the tragic death of a girl. Detective Uehara Shingo is burdened with the mental shackles of his failure to save her, and his life falls apart. Four years later, another girl was kidnapped, and the name of the "Game Master" reappeared like a curse. He made another blackmail call and named Uehara to participate in a new round of game showdown. Uehara was forced to step into the game carefully designed by the "game master": rush to 5 major crime scenes in 24 hours, solve 3 deadly puzzles in 15 minutes, and pay the ransom in a smoke-filled skyscraper... However, when the bad news of the murder of the hostage came, Uehara was shocked to realize that the goal of this game has never been the ransom, but himself! Ten years of grudges have been reversed layer by layer. When the identity of the real murderer emerges, it will subvert all your predictions!

Sonny is on the run. In his early thirties, he was a model prisoner and had been in Oslo Prison for more than ten years. He is the "salvation" in the prison, and his room is a prayer room for other criminals. Sonny's calm smile seemed to have a magical healing power that made other prisoners willing to confess to him, believing that this would cleanse them of their sins. He was going to spend almost half his life in prison, but a prisoner's confession changed everything - the prisoner's prayer mentioned Sonny's father, the "corrupt" policeman who had committed suicide to apologize. All this seems to have a hidden meaning. When Sonny learned that his life was made up of lies, he was determined to pursue his own freedom, because only freedom can bring revenge. The evil corruption hidden under the bright Oslo made Sonny reborn in an extreme attitude, preparing to launch a counterattack with violence. However, the dangerous pursuit still follows...

A 23-year-old Norwegian woman who was raped and strangled to death in Sydney was a minor celebrity in her homeland, attracting the attention of the media in Norway and Australia. Oslo police detective Harry Holler was sent to the area by his superiors to assist in investigating the murder. As soon as he arrived in Sydney, he became friends with his partner, the Aboriginal police officer Andrew, and investigated together. They found that the deceased's drug dealer boyfriend, the exhibitionist landlord, and even the bar owner who pestered her were all suspects. At this time, various clues point to Otto, a cross-dressing clown. He is Andrew's friend and also knew the deceased. He may even be a serial killer who specializes in blond women. Just as they were about to arrest Otto at the theater where he performed, a brutal death scene took place there. An unidentified person wearing a bat costume escaped from the crime scene. This turn changed the direction of their investigation...

Mick Herron, born in Newcastle, England in 1963, is a master of British spy novels and a famous writer of suspense novels. He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford's oldest and most prestigious college, with a BA in English. Represented as the "Flower" series. The series has been hailed as the best series of spy novels of the millennium. Herron won the 2013 British Crime Writers Association Golden Dagger Award for "Dead Lion", the second book in the "Fugitive" series. He is hailed as the successor of John le Carré and the king of spy novels in the new era. The New York Times, The Sunday Times and other media praised him as the most outstanding living suspense novel writer in the UK. In 2025, Herron received the Diamond Dagger Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the British Crime Writers Association, in recognition of his outstanding contribution and continued success in this field.

The 10-year-old boy Yamada Shinsuke drowned in a park pool and was treated as an accidental fall into the water. The trio of Saiki, Danji, and Ogawa, who once bullied Shinsuke Yamada, gradually became estranged from each other for fear of being suspected of being involved in the incident. Ten years later, on the anniversary of the death of the deceased, the three people also ushered in the day of adulthood. A mysterious man who claimed to be Shinsuke's childhood friend appeared in front of them and forced the three to tell the truth about the year. From this day on, they will face their crimes. Faced with the man's relentless questioning, the trio were sometimes calm, some violent, and some frightened, but at this time a new tragedy happened...

Yasuhiko Nishizawa's best-selling collections include Silent Night of the Lambs, The Black Lady, Unraveling Causes, The Man Who Died Seven Times, The Scottish Game, The Night She Died, The Stand, and Dependence.

Not long after the famous novelist Anthony Horowitz finished the draft of "House of Silk", a new job suddenly came to his door. It was difficult to make money in the detective industry these days, so Hawthorne commissioned him to write a novel about the case he was investigating, splitting it 50-50. Horowitz was hesitant: Hawthorne was strange and a bit annoying. He wanted to include himself in the novel without revealing any personal information at all. How does this create a character? This is a detective novel. Without a good detective, no one would read it! Hawthorne shook his head: "I disagree. The key word is murder. That's the point." Then he revealed the mystery: One sunny morning, the famous actor's mother arranged a funeral for herself, and then that night she was attacked and died at home. Is this a coincidence? Impossible! But who could be the murderer and why should he kill her? Horowitz was curious.

Anthony Horowitz, the world-famous master of detective novels, is a collection of stunning masterpieces that are sought after by readers and people who are fascinated by reasoning! It truly subverts detective novels and brings an Agatha Christie-style murder feast! Two parallel worlds that are mirror images of each other generate double evil; are the chaotic characters in the book leaping into reality? Or has reality already written the script of fate? The unique setting of a book in a book, a case within a case, and double puzzles bring double the thrill to detective novel lovers!

The annual recommended book of British crime novels, the latest work of Anthony Horowitz, author of "The Magpie Murders"! A quiet island where no murder has ever occurred, two sudden and brutal murders, and twelve suspects with their own agendas! Alderney is an isolated island where private detectives and crime fiction writers are invited to participate in a literary festival to promote their new books. But not long after, the two discovered that this seemingly peaceful island hid a strong malicious intent: a cable connecting Britain and France would pass through the island. It would dig up the cemetery on the island, disturb the souls of the dead who were murdered during the Nazi period, and turn the island residents against each other, making the entire island restless. And the authors who participated in the literary festival seemed to have unknown pasts... When the patron of the literary festival was brutally murdered, the island was completely sealed off. The murderer is still on the island, and the second murder is about to happen...

Fifty students in an English training class suddenly each gained the superpower to control something. Their lives and destiny have completely changed since then, and they have been involved in a confrontational game full of taboos. Three students died one after another and six students suddenly disappeared. The situation became extremely chaotic. What stance should the remaining students choose? Fighting each other? Self-protection? Or unite to stop the old gods? A strange alien space, mysterious extraterrestrial life, Mr. Bilu with a secret identity, a ghost island related to the secrets of the old gods, an indigenous tribe that treats Hang Yi and others as gods, an absolute forbidden land... There seems to be an extremely terrifying secret hidden behind the entire confrontation game, and everything is no longer as simple as "win this competition and survive."

Seven years ago, literary editor Lifan received a submission called "Keeping a Dog". The novel was full of brutal sadism and aversion to men. The work was rated as "heavy-tasting and demeaning to men" and was not published, and the author has since disappeared. Seven years later, Lifan received the second submission from the mysterious writer. The story begins with the reunion of two old friends from their student days. The two people with different stances have differences in the conversation, and their murderous intention becomes stronger and stronger. "Just kill this woman." As the plot progressed, Lifan was surprised to see his own shadow in the protagonist of the novel. What's even more frightening is that this novel seems to be inextricably linked to the violent "Raising Dogs" seven years ago...

There is a person who was born at the beginning of Heisei and died at the end of Heisei. His mother said that there was a blue sky outside the window when he was born, so she named him Qing, also called Blue. --But it was raining all day in Tokyo that day, and there was no clear sky in sight. In December of the 15th year of Heisei, a family of five was murdered in Ome City. Police speculate that the second daughter, Natsuki Shinohara, killed four other people before dying of a heart attack. However, unknown fingerprints other than Natsuki's were left at the scene, and there was suspicion of an accomplice. --According to Blue's recollection, he escaped on a cold snowy night, but there was no snowfall record in the Ome area that day. In April of Heisei 31, a man and woman were found lying in a pool of blood in an empty room in Tama New Town, Tokyo. The method of committing the crime was exactly the same as the "Ome Case". According to the investigation, the deceased was an "Internet cafe refugee" and they had two children. --Blue, I have almost no memory of you, but nevertheless, you are also my destiny.

"He" standing in the dock killed a total of forty-three people. Among the serial killings that occurred after World War II, this case had the largest number of fatalities. The victims were almost all elderly. In this trial, "he" confessed to the facts of the crime, and there was no possibility of a verdict other than the death penalty. Everything is planned. "He" smiled. Yoko Haneda, a family member of the victim, looked up at "him" in the gallery. Her mother was killed by "him", but to this day, Yoko can no longer feel the anger and hatred towards "him" in her heart. The news that "he" had been sentenced to death reached the ears of prosecutor Hideki Otomo. "He" probably won't appeal. Everything is in "His" plan. Not just killing people. The crime was exposed, and there were court trials, and even the death penalty, that was all. But by the time Otomo realized the truth of everything, it was already too late...

Forsyth, the master of spy novels who alarmed the world's four major intelligence organizations! Forsyth worked secretly for MI6 for more than 20 years, drove a tank at the age of 6, and became a fighter pilot at the age of 19! He is well aware of the espionage techniques of various countries around the world, and is the focus of the CIA and Israel's Mossad! At the same time, he is also the winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Eight of his works have been adapted into movies, with cumulative sales exceeding 70 million copies! In the world of espionage, if you can't solve the problem, you become the problem! This book contains a total of 10 classic suspense short stories by Forsyth, including assassination, conspiracy, revenge, hijacking, blackmail and counter-blackmail. Its ingenious and witty arrangements and unexpected endings will surely amaze you. For most wealthy people, finding a partner who doesn't love money is crucial. Sanderson, who had been single for many years, met such a woman. They admired each other, but fate played a big joke on them: she was already someone else's woman. The intertwining of love, need, desire, and lust left Sanderson in agony. He was determined to get rid of the troublesome husband. Sanderson's assassination plan was precise and rigorous. However, the fruit of the nightmare had been quietly planted long before he had thoughts of murder...

On May 2, the 27th year of the Showa era (1952), a 19-year-old girl in Tokyo was tragically killed by having her eyes pierced with a cone in front of her tenant's house. Starting from this murder, a 35-year-old promiscuous woman, a 30-year-old female teacher, and a 28-year-old satin shop proprietress were murdered by the same method one after another. The society was shocked. The media called the murderer the "Eye-Bearing Demon." The Metropolitan Police Department identified the murderer as the tenant of the first murder case, but the whereabouts of the murderer were unknown, and the four victims could not find anything in common, so the police investigation fell into a stalemate... In the remote countryside of Chiba Prefecture, rumors spread about St. Bernard Women's College, an aristocratic Christian school for girls: seven mysteries, collective prostitution among students, a wishing constellation stone that can cause the death of the cursed object, the Black Madonna wandering around the campus late at night... After a female student who was insulted by a male teacher made a wish to the constellation stone, the male teacher was strangled. The female student also jumped off the building after seeing the teacher's body. A strange atmosphere filled the campus... The eldest daughter and her husband-in-law, a wealthy weaving writer in Chiba Prefecture who had a close relationship with the Zaibatsu Shibata family, died suddenly one after another. Rumors spread that the father and daughter were poisoned. Antique dealer Imagawa was invited to a weaver known as the "Spider Web Mansion" to appraise antiques. However, his successor and son-in-law was brutally murdered. The seemingly wealthy weaver had many unknown inside stories. Several seemingly unrelated murders eventually pointed to the weaver. At the invitation of the Shibata family, Enokizu and Chuzenji intervened, but they were still unable to prevent the deaths of related figures. How Chuzenji finally uncovered the netherband (i. E., The spider) covered with heaven and earth, let's look at "The Theory of the Arborist Lady" by Natsuhiko Kyogoku, which has a precise layout, compact plot, and powerful writing.

Lovecraft expert Donald R. Burleson called the story "one of his stylistically and conceptually finest short stories." He extends terror into the universe. The film of the same name starring Oscar winner Nicolas Cage premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2019 and will be released in the United States in January 2020. The story begins with an unknown surveyor from Boston, told from the first-person perspective. The surveyor came to Arkham to conduct surveys to help build a local reservoir. Later, through the narration of the locals, he gradually uncovered a dusty history and terrible secrets - about a place called the "Blighted Wasteland" that was avoided by the locals in Arkham. The locals are tight-lipped about the so-called "blighted wasteland". So the surveyor couldn't get any information from the townspeople, but he did learn that a man named Old Ami Pierce knew the details. So the surveyor found an Ami Pierce - he looked exactly like the local residents said, a crazy-looking old man. After hard work, old Ami Pierce told the surveyor a personal experience and the story of the farmer Gardner family who once lived on the cursed land. Ami claimed that it all started when a meteorite fell on the Gardner property in June 1882. But then, the color it brought not only took away the lives of the Gardner family, but also gradually caused nature to take on otherworldly and otherworldly tones. Under its influence, all bright and beautiful things became mutated, corrupted, turned gray and brittle, until they disappeared.

The set includes: "Only You Hear", "Missing Holiday", "The Frequency of Loneliness" and "Killing a Mary Sue".

A new work by Otoichi, the winner of Japan's original reasoning award! Five imaginative news, five unexpected reversals! If the obsession is too deep, it becomes a sharp knife that stabs oneself! A stubborn maid accidentally enters a deserted old house, hears strange cries, and pursues the truth about the ghost; a man is bent on hiding the secret of unemployment, but is deeply obsessed with fantasy and completely crazy; the gardener suddenly dies in the middle of the night, and the real culprit is among the paranoid rich man, the maid, and the housekeeper; through the film, the young man actually gets a glimpse of his life decades later, and cannot leave the world behind; the mysterious girl is still resentful, and a wonderful encounter allows her to realize her long-cherished wish for revenge! Five imaginative news, five unexpected reversals!

This is a heart-warming novel about "loneliness and love", a masterpiece of reasoning intertwined with sadness, tenderness, terror, youth and evil. Revealing the gentle, bright, lonely and unknown side of "Baek Yiyi". "Bai Yiyi" series of pure love works, see how Yiyi plays with healing reasoning. "Happy Baby" How does he live in the same room with the dead and look for opportunities for rebirth? "Maria's Finger" I hid her "disappeared" finger, but who was the murderer? Why did a girl from a wealthy family sleep with a kidnapper in "The Missing Holiday"? Cut out words from the magazine and spell them out as a kidnapping letter, then secretly send it home. Starting today, my stepmother's harsh words, my father's betrayal, and the fact that this family can continue to function without me, all don't matter to me. On January 4th, the weather was fine, and I kidnapped-myself! A teenager who is afraid of being forgotten, afraid of being hurt, and refuses to contact the outside world. Every time he holds his breath and disappears, he actually tries his best to shout, "Actually, I am here!" He disappears in order to be found by someone. "Missing Holiday" is a missing person notice written by Yiyi for each missing person. So believe that no matter how secretly you hide, someone will find you.

Know the urban legend of the Summer Ghost? It is said that whenever fireworks are lit on a summer night, the ghost of the young woman will appear from the abandoned airport runway. Tomoya, who is unable to move towards the life he loves, Aoi, who cannot find a place to live, and Ryo, whose days are numbered in the future - three teenagers who want to commit suicide, come to the airport with different moods. They hope to see the deceased and ask them: "What does it feel like to die?"

A collection of stories about loneliness and affection. "Future Forecast" After the boy with the power of prophecy said those words to me, our lives changed forever... "The Girl in the Film" "Sadako" who called my name in the film slowly turned her head in the video, teacher... What's wrong with you? "The Hand Grabbed by the Thief" The hand that quietly reaches into the crack in the wall for the purpose of stealing, what it grabs is not banknotes or jewelry, but another hand? "The Lost World" After becoming a vegetative state due to a car accident, I stood alone in the darkness, looking for a way to make my family happy...

"Learning Slowly" collects five short stories published by Thomas Pynchon from 1959 to 1964 in his youth: "Little Rain", "Lowlands", "Entropy", "Under the Rose" and "Secret Fusion". Each article contains the iconic themes and techniques of Pynchon's novel creation, and also reveals many clues about his growth trajectory: his naval career, his tribute to le Carré, the origin of his obsession with "entropy"...

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This book collects Edogawa Ranpo's most classic detective novels, including The Mystery of the Lakeside Hotel, Ashi's Appearance, The Human Chair, Kissing, A Receipt, The Man Who Traveled with Stickers, and One-Inch Master.

The director of a hospital in Setagaya, Tokyo, was called out by a phone call and reappeared as a corpse. The dean was stabbed with a sharp weapon and had two circles of wire wrapped around his neck. He died miserably. What made the police even more confused was that the deceased was wearing a medical white coat, which should have been specially put on by the murderer after his death. Why did the murderer bother to put a white coat on the body after committing the crime? While the police were investigating, another doctor disappeared... This book contains nine short stories, showing the beautiful but cruel world written by Renjo Mikihiko.

The sequel to "The Devil Is Whispering" is the work of Donato Carisi, a best-selling suspense novel writer who is popular in Italy and winner of the SNCF European Detective Fiction Award, the Pocket Reader Award, and the Baccarella Award, Italy's highest award. Recommended by Ken Follett, the author of "The Fall of Giants", it has a dark atmosphere comparable to "Seven Deadly Sins", hard-core and brain-burning, and you can't guess the ending until the last moment! Suddenly, the missing persons are back, wearing the same clothes as when they disappeared, killing with hatred. Where did these missing people go? Why come back to kill again? As the clues progressed, female detective Mira discovered that the serial murder case was related to the disappearance of sleeping pills more than 10 years ago, and those who took sleeping pills eventually disappeared in Room 317 of a hotel. Mira tracked to the hotel, the phone rang, and a piece of music came... Maybe you have to go to the depths of hell to find the answer.

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Selected from Hitchcock's collection of short stories, including more than ten short stories such as "Serial", "Tornado", and "The Lawyer's Wife", the text is concise and plain, the plots are twists and turns, and the endings are unexpected, and often give readers an immersive feeling. The novel is highly readable, full of modern features, in line with current reading habits and trends, and is very popular among the younger generation.