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Marlowe is hired by Miss Quest, a little sister from Kansas, to find her missing brother Orin. Based on the address provided by his little sister, Marlowe began to investigate. What is frightening is that wherever Marlowe goes, there are people waiting to be stabbed to death by ice picks. Finally found out that Orin was employed by Dr. Steelgrave. But without exception, the doctor was immediately murdered. When Orin finally showed up, he died under Marlowe's eyes again. Who is the director of this play? Little sister? Wise Marlowe might have known.

The protagonist, John Lexman, is a thoughtful detective novelist. Wife Grace Watson had a brief affair with Greek billionaire Carla Lummo before marriage. Kara has a gentle appearance but a sinister heart. She holds a grudge against her ex Grace. She gets close to Lexman step by step and becomes friends with him. Later, she plans a murder that puts Lexman in jail. T. X., The assistant director of the Metropolitan Police Department, is a good friend of Lexman. After many investigations, he successfully helped Lexman clear his grievances. However, the protagonist accidentally escaped from prison the day before he received the release order, and he and his wife disappeared from the world. Two years later, Lexman, who lost his beloved wife, returned to London and launched a mad revenge on Kara...

Yumenfang, a century-old street by the Xijiang River in Guangdong, had a dusty past many years ago, related to a legend of a dragon god spread in the Xijiang River Basin. Many years later, Zeng Xiaoyu, a girl born in the Zeng family of Yumenfang, was involved in the hidden story behind the construction of the Chongtian Pagoda decades ago. In a seemingly accidental encounter, she was tricked into becoming a sacrifice to the gods. At the critical moment, she was rescued by the mysterious boy Long Wu who suddenly appeared. Xiaoyu was forced to marry him again by a duplicitous rich man... After experiencing a series of mysterious events such as the Snake Mountain Yao Village and the burning of the house by quails, the confused girl Zeng Xiaoyu realized that there must be clues behind everything unusual, so she decided to face the pursuit of the previous generation's past and all unknown dangers with Long Wu.

The boy Digory and the girl Polly like adventure. They accidentally enter the laboratory of Digory's uncle Andrew, a lame and selfish magician. In order to experiment with his magic, he used the magic ring to send Digory and Polly to a mysterious woods, which can lead to various worlds. Through the magic of the ring, the two children arrived in the dying world of Charn City. Out of curiosity, Digore awakens the evil witch, Queen Jadis. The witch once used an extermination spell to turn the Kingdom of Charn into a desolate city and exterminated all living creatures there. She followed her two children to London.

This book is a collection of short stories that comes with the Blu-ray disc of the animated version of "Sword Art Online" released from 2013 to 2015. It tells the story of Kirito and Asuna running for a house before getting married in SAO, Asuna encountering a mysterious "detachment phenomenon" in the new ALO, Kirito and his friends embarking on a new adventure after conquering the underwater temple, and the story of the birth of "Absolute Sword" Yuki.

The beautiful priestess with her arms raised in front of the shrine, the blue primroses that portend doom in the secret chamber, the sudden appearance of blood on the stone road, the mysterious psychic who claims to be able to divine the future, the mysterious disappearance of the will, the grass of death dominated by jealousy and possessiveness... The members of the Tuesday night club sat together and took turns telling the mystery that happened around them. Only dear Miss Marple could point out the truth every time.

Which one is the detective? Sorry, both of us are. There is a detective agency that only knocks on doors without a doorbell, two young detectives who are both partners and rivals, a beautiful high school girl who works part-time as a cook and cleaner, a policewoman who never leaves her mouth for snacks, and a mysterious man who regularly appears in the second-hand bookstore... A group of seemingly weird people, but the cunning murderer has nowhere to hide. Katazashi Hyōsame, who specializes in motive analysis, and Gotemba Kaori, who focuses on the study of crime techniques. Even if it is a case that leaves no clue, the two detectives with a clear division of labor can solve it through seamless cooperation and tacit understanding!

Matthew finally decided to quit drinking. He put his full glass on the bar and walked into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. In Alcoholics Anonymous, he met his childhood friend Jack. The two of them had been on different paths. Soon, Jack was shot to death, one bullet in his mouth and one between his eyes. Participating in alcohol abstinence and atonement seemed to be the direct cause of his shooting. Matthew launched an investigation into this, but his own life was also threatened... How can a guilty person truly atone for his sins?

This book is the fourth part of Keigo Higashino's Mask series. The first three parts are "The Night Before the Mask", "Masked Hotel" and "Masked Villa". A young woman was brutally murdered and her body was found in her home. An unknown informant letter was found to be true or false. Will the murderer show up at the masquerade? What is the purpose of the whistleblower? The residents are full of doubts and the truth is confusing. How will he and she peel off the cocoons and uncover the "mask"? The movie "Masked Hotel" adapted from the second book in the series of the same name will be released on September 4, 2020.

The young and beautiful Eleanor Carlyle stood calmly in the dock. She was the niece of Mrs. Wellman, the mistress of H Manor, and was accused of murdering her love rival, Mary Gerard, the daughter of the porter of H Manor. The evidence is conclusive: Eleanor prepared the fatal lunch, and only she had the motive and timing to commit the crime. However, only one person in this hostile court still believes that Eleanor is innocent until proven guilty. Hercule Poirot stands between Eleanor and the gallows...

"Transformation" is a novel written by Japanese writer Keigo Higashino. Yu Aoi and Hiroshi Tamaki star in the original novel of the movie of the same name. When Keigo Higashino talked about the origin of the creation of "Transformation", he said: "About fifteen years ago, I separated my home from my studio, and took the bus to the tram to go to the studio to work every morning. One day, an inspiration suddenly came to me on the bus, and that was: 'Humans have left brains and right brains. What would happen if one of them was exchanged with another person?' Of course, the inspiration did not come out of nowhere. I was very interested in the human brain at the time. I read several related books, and I think it was because of this that this question came to mind. Later, this question became the inspiration for the novel. By the time I got off the bus, the whole story had been completed in my mind, and it only took about twenty minutes. For me, inspiration rarely comes to me like this. I usually have to rack my brains and sweat profusely. "

The masterpiece of Ellery Queen, the master of mystery novels and the American "King of Detective Novels" highly respected by Hitchcock, Stephen King, and Shoji Shimada! A Hollywood-style crime-hunting blockbuster, Detective Quinn's most bizarre adventure! A classic work of character reasoning as famous as "The Mystery of the Greek Coffin", "The Tragedy of X" and "The Tragedy of Y". Global cumulative sales exceed 200 million. On the morning of Christmas, a headless massacre broke the tranquility of the small town of Arroyo. One stone stirred up thousands of waves, the trumpet of death sounded, four horrific and bloody murders, four T-shaped corpses, and the T-shaped mark left at the scene, involving a primitive and fanatical desire for revenge. What does T stand for? Is it a symbol of ancient Egyptian religion? Is it the mark of the Avengers killing people? Or... A murder-hunting battle across the entire United States is about to begin!

"If I can speak in the tongues of all people and in the words of angels, but have not love, I am like a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the power of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and have perfect faith so that I can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I have to the poor and give myself to be burned, But without love, it is of no use to me. Love is patient and kind; love does not boast, is not arrogant, does not act rudely, does not seek its own, is not easily angered, does not take into account a wrong, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things, love never fails..."

There are rats, there are rats, don't look at your feet. It's useless to look at it, it's in your heart. Only I know that my sister's death was not an accident. On Christmas Day 23 years ago, my sister fell from the second floor of her home and died with her underwear exposed. My father was the only one at home at the time. The police ruled it an accidental fall. However, I was the only one who noticed something strange - my father unusually blocked the nurse who came to check, my mother's sleeves were stained with blood when she returned home from the hospital, and my sister's body had strange marks hidden under her underwear. 23 Years later, it was my girlfriend's turn, and she also died due to an "accident." And I think I did the right thing just like my father did back then...

"The Queue" There is a long queue at the Woffington Theater in London. A man who was queuing up to buy tickets to watch the musical was found dead in the queue with a shiny and evil silver dagger stuck in his back. What is strange is that the people in front and behind the deceased did not know when the deceased was killed, and there was nothing on the deceased that could identify him. "Elegant Detective" Grant personally took action to investigate the case, and the suspects were easily captured. When he was done, the detective's sixth sense gave him new confusion about the case...

"Smiley's Farewell" is a spy novel filled with melancholy memories. "Our ideal is freedom, but we have given up too much freedom for this goal." The Berlin Wall was torn down, and an era ended. Ned, a British intelligence officer who is about to retire, invites his mentor Smiley to give a speech to the young trainees. Along with Smiley's narration, Ned also fell into his memory... The high spirits of victory and the thrill of crisis have long been indifferent, but the depression after defeat and the pain of betrayal can not be erased for a long time. We defeated our opponents, but only the fragments of humanity remained.

Known as the "work of fantasy", Higashino's masterpiece! Deliberate revenge guided by supernatural forces! Illegal imprisonment\u002F A terrifying doll that looks like a real person\u002F Possessed to kill people... The terrifying doll game started as early as the moment he woke up! Shinsuke Amamura is a bartender who was suddenly attacked by a stranger after get off work one day. He almost died and lost a certain memory as a result. They all know everything, only "I" as the murderer have no idea! Mina Kishizaka died in a car accident, and her happy life suddenly ended. Has the overwhelming hatred and resentment turned into terrifying murderous intent? The stain on human nature is the reason why they were killed! Why do people around him always stop Shinsuke from asking about the details of the car accident? Has the deepest cruelty in human nature become the catalyst for this horrific hunt? What exactly is the scary doll showing? How will the dead take revenge on each player in this "game of life"?

On a foggy night in London, Ralph Tierney lost his way in London and accidentally entered an alley called Kraken Street, where he witnessed an ongoing murder: when the woman stabbed the man with a dagger, darkness struck. When the light returned, he saw the woman lying on the floor. After escaping, he turned around to look for the alley again, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find it! What's even more incredible is that everything that happened that night seemed to be real events nineteen years ago! This phantom alley seems to be able to travel through time and space...

Nine Oxford University alumni gathered to celebrate the New Year at a remote high-end resort in Scotland. Spending New Year's Eve together has become a long-standing tradition for this group of thirty-year-old friends. This is a wilderness place away from the world, a perfect place to escape from real life and relax. In the next few days, they planned to reminisce about old times, drink wine, hunt deer in the beautiful surroundings, pass the time reminiscing about the past... And keep a huge secret from each other that could destroy their friendship. However, in the noisy carnival on New Year's Eve, the rope that maintains friendship suddenly breaks. At the same time, a snowstorm rare in history swept through, and a body emerged from the bottom of the icy waterfall lake. The perfect couple, new parents, the quiet one, the city boy, the outsider... The victim. They have been friends for many years, and the murderer is among them.

Twenty-three years ago, Matsukura was reborn after committing the rape and murder of a young girl, but was acquitted due to lack of evidence. Now, he is once again listed as a suspect in the murder of an old couple. Prosecutor Tsuyoshi Mogami, who has tried countless criminals, vowed to use all investigation methods to bring Matsukura to justice, even if the cost is to make himself a criminal...

A collection of short stories in The Beaver. Can people really travel back in time? Are there really immortal people in this world? Who cruelly dug out the heart of a newborn baby? Several seemingly unrelated plots are closely connected in "Legend of the Immortal"... In "Brave New World" where the virus spreads, in a secret room with a countdown door lock, the responsibility of saving the world falls on a child! And can he succeed? A good intention leads to trouble, but things are not as simple as they seem. When faced with a choice in "When Erinyes Met Venus", where should the heroine go? A chance encounter, an important task entrusted to you.

"Mr. Feng, the camera is ready, do you want to check it?" My words about "going down the well" just now were so shocking that everyone in the tomb began to look at me with admiration, especially the group of rainbow warriors who claimed to be omnipotent. As descendants of the Egyptians, their deep-rooted fear of the Pharaoh made them timid from the moment they entered the tomb, not daring to act wildly, let alone rashly enter this strange ancient well. Warriors admire warriors, and I almost earned the respect of everyone just by saying those words. I looked back at Bawan who was facing the stone wall blankly, weighed it a little, and walked towards the central tomb first.

This is a heart-warming novel about "loneliness and love", a masterpiece of reasoning intertwined with sadness, tenderness, horror, youth and evil. Reveal the gentle, bright and lonely side of "Baek Eul-il". "Bai Yiyi" series of pure love works, see how Yiyi plays with healing reasoning. "Flower Song" It turns out that the girl's humming sound comes from this flower. I touched it with my fingertips and felt the body temperature... "Lying Girlfriend" has been deceiving everyone that I have a girlfriend. I didn't expect everyone to believe it, so I had to tell the lie. But he found that she gradually took on a physical form... "Injury" Anri, who has the ability to transfer wounds and pain, has a thin body always covered with large and small scars. But who should fill the huge gap in his heart? "Only You Hear" A girl who is always lonely in class, and a boy who likes to wander in garbage dumps, two souls who originally thought they would be alone for the rest of their lives, are connected through the incredible "mobile phone in the brain". When the call button is pressed, something begins to sprout between each other... There is also a super humorous short story "Knight Underpants." Yiyi writes the pain that is difficult to express into words into a silent cry. There was no sound, but it was shouted into our hearts and resonated strongly. The bells calling each other in the mind, the hoarse screams of pain in the heart for help, the low hum of the flower song of longing, those words that are more firm than anyone else. No one notices, only you hear.

"Writers describe death to make people long for death; they write tragedy to satisfy people's need for tragedy." On the outskirts of Paris, two girls were killed in a unique way, and the scene was full of unreasonable details. The only clue was a forged fingerprint that didn't belong to anyone. Police traced the fingerprint to the cold case of another girl from two years ago. Strangely, every detail of this case actually corresponds to the classic suspense novel "The Black Dahlia"! As a case imitating classic suspense novels surfaced, everyone finally realized that a highly intelligent serial murderer "novelist" was walking in Paris, using his twisted aesthetics and meticulous layout to offer a clumsy and vicious "tribute" to every "master-level suspense novel"...

The first blueprint for the popular American drama "Hannibal", Hollywood has adapted "Red Dragon" into movies twice. Two consecutive murder cases occurred on a full moon night. Faced with the complicated and confusing circumstances of the case, Agent Will could not figure out the criminal's perverted logic. There are three weeks until the next full moon night. At this critical moment, he had no choice but to turn to one person for help: the cannibal doctor who almost killed him, Hannibal Lecter...

Late one night in the coldest month of winter, a thunderstorm woke up the sleeping villagers of Woniu Village. At the same time, a mysterious and peculiar couple, Bai Xiaoyang and Tuo Guan, stayed at the home of the respected Zhang Yaoye. On this morning, when the people of Woniu Village were holding a denunciation meeting in the ancestral hall, a giant python attacked Zhang Ziyin, who was being criticized, from a podocarpus tree in the courtyard of the ancestral hall. The ugly Tuo Guan unexpectedly started a life-and-death struggle with the giant python. In the process of chasing the giant python, a mysterious tree hole opened by thunder suddenly appeared in the old forest of Woniu Village. With the emergence of the tree hole, the mysterious things hidden under the mound of earth in Woniu Village were completely revealed. A bronze civilization that mysteriously disappeared into the fog of history gradually surfaced, and a magical key that opened the dust-sealed door reappeared in the world. Whoever controls this key controls the door of reincarnation. All persistence and competition are a game that has been set up...

"The Long Goodbye" tells the story of a series of murders. It is the representative work of American mystery novelist Raymond Chandler. It won the "Edgar Allan Poe Award" for the annual novel and was selected into the "Top 100 Mystery Novels in History" by the American Mystery Association. It is a work that Haruki Murakami has read repeatedly and highly praised.

"Jackdaw" is undoubtedly one of Follett's most popular novels. The moment of infinite darkness in a day is the moment of incomparable light, and the same is true in life. During World War II, British Prime Minister Churchill secretly established an all-female intelligence service, codenamed "Jackdaw". This group of women with different identities: loose nobles, fantasy little girls, bad-tempered Gypsy murderers, thieves who are good at breaking into safes, transvestites... They gathered temporarily and bravely launched an action against the Nazis. However, they were betrayed. A dragnet is waiting for the "jackdaws"...

The "Mystery Novels" MOOK book series is China's first specialized series of knowledge suspense novels. This book invites many well-known writers in the industry to join in to jointly create the Chinese people's own intellectual suspense garden. This magazine mainly focuses on popular suspense novels, supplemented by adventure, mystery, exploration, fantasy, and youth novels. The works it collects advocate intellectual suspense and are full of the flavor of the times. The stories of the works are confusing, ups and downs, fascinating, easy to read, and rich in imagination. It contains the best works of many well-known writers in suspense, adventure, mystery and other genres in China.

In 2001, when the dot-com bubble burst, Maxine, a New York private financial detective, investigated a conspiracy by billionaire Ace and how New York and its virtual underground network became a battlefield for "empires" in the intertwined intelligence network of documentary filmmaker Reggie, New York police, and former CIA agents. During this period, she faced UFO-related time travelers, got to know the Russian KGB, various geeks, code boys and entrepreneurs wandering on the edge, encountered mysterious deaths, had an affair with South American CIA tough guys, and stepped into the virtual world of the "deep web" that gradually overflowed from reality... In the end, will the perpetrator be exposed and not be brought to justice? And is the enemy who caused the "Ground Zero" in New York to return again?

The protagonist Gao Neng has the magical ability to read minds, and everything around him is unsettling. The mysterious suicide of a colleague, the elusive ghost ID, the kind-hearted blind girl... A high-powered life is so different from the ordinary, and a huge conspiracy is quietly coming. The mask of King Lanling, who has been missing for thousands of years, disappears and appears. Faced with this shocking situation, where will Gao Neng go?

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Hannibal, who was born into a Lithuanian noble family, was just a child when World War II broke out. The war caused him to lose his parents, teachers and friends. He and his sister Misha depended on each other for life, but the terrifying experience had just begun...

When Damian goes missing, Kara and Raymond team up to track down the situation. They discovered that Simmons, the psychic detective who had taken Olivia's fangs before, was related to the matter, and that he was actually taking orders from a vampire. This mysterious figure provokes the dispute between the vampires and the spirit clan behind the scenes. Can Kara and others find him out and resolve a series of crises... The heroine of the vampire clan is upright, powerful and sexy. Jeremy McClain's version of "Legends of the Dark Night" will firmly capture your attention.

A bloody murder case of Little Red Riding Hood, behind the fairy tale is five years of school bullying; behind a strange group suicide case, behind the madness is a teenager suffering from smiling depression; behind a bizarre disappearance of a minor, behind the disappearance is a global dark network and organ trading group... Everything started from the unsolved case seven years ago and ended with redemption seven years later. She is a cold and independent female detective with multiple personalities, and he is a arrogant and vicious criminal psychologist. During the day, they are superiors and subordinates, working together to solve cases, peel off clues, test human nature between life and death, and find the truth between justice and evil. At night they are doctors and patients, supporting each other and relying on each other, saving themselves in love and family, and redeeming each other in revenge and conspiracy. "Bai Yu, you are my last battle for survival. If you win, I will take you home; if you lose, I will die with you."

The brother I haven't seen in forty years, the mother who deliberately hides the truth, the estranged biological daughter, and the stranger hiding at home. Who tried to push him in front of the speeding car? And who extended a helping hand on the windy and snowy land? Doubts and fears, hatred and misunderstanding. In this dark world of sensory loss, all dangers arise suddenly. Murakami Kazuhisa, who is blind, is searching alone in the fog. What is the truth hidden behind the lies?

Horror mystery ceiling, you won't dare to turn off the lights all night long! The dead come across the sea, the headless woman presses closer and closer, the woman with a gape runs wildly under the moon... Inherent reasoning x horror story! 5 Short stories that will make you sweat! On the basement floor of a university library in Kyoto, there is a ghost story research room that collects horrific and bizarre cases. Two students in the laboratory are using reasoning to explore the truth of strange stories - on the road of the dead, the figure of the deceased actually comes across the sea. In the dark mansion, the headless woman is in hot pursuit of the ancient family. In the animal trap, the broken remains were covered with human-made injuries. In a sealed room, a female student was attacked by a force from heaven in the middle of the night. In the strange disease village, a woman with a cracked mouth was repeatedly seen running wildly under the moonlight. Even with reasonable explanations, horrific phenomena continue to occur. Is this the work of ghosts or a cleverly hidden crime? It wasn't until the secret of the strange story was revealed that the real horror had just begun!

In a murder case of the century that shocked the country, Hollywood superstar Robert's new wife and security director were both killed. The two corpses lay quietly on the bed, with an unspeakable secret hidden under their tongues - a paper butterfly folded from a one-dollar bill. All the evidence pointed to Robert. As the trial progressed, the jurors participating in the case died mysteriously one after another... This made defense lawyer Eddie Flynn suspicious and vowed to get to the bottom of it. The extremely smart lawyer, the fierce and cunning murderer, they all only have one time to make a decision - both victory and defeat, and life and death...

In order to avenge the murder of his father, Apache Chief Winnetu was tracking the murderer Sante, and on the way he happened to meet the hero of the West, Old Iron Hand. The old iron hand traveled across the American continent in order to capture Gibson, the big liar who kidnapped the banker's son, but he repeatedly failed. The two met, and while traveling westward, they also encountered the Ku Klux Klan, a radical organization on the American continent, and narrowly avoided being killed. After escaping, Winnetou and the old iron hand were helping the western hunters and the old pioneer gunmen to do a hide business, but unfortunately fell into the trap set by Santer. The Comanche tribe and the Apache tribe were involved, fighting in the wilderness, and blood flowed... Can the chaos and bloodshed end? Can a peace pipe bring peace? Has the villain Sante been captured? By the end of this adventure, we can finally determine that the answer is yes.

This is a love mystery novel by the famous mystery novel master Higashino Keigo. A series of tragic events caused by a scumbag. A novel that perfectly combines love and reasoning. The work describes the emotional entanglements of eight pairs of men and women, using psychological reasoning techniques to analyze the psychological hypnosis between lovers and the secrets buried deep in each other's hearts. --The prince held the princess's hand and lived happily ever after. Is this really the case? After reading the end of the first chapter, you may think that this is a story about a man playing with women. After reading Chapter 2, you may be confused. After reading Chapter 3, you may suddenly realize it, or at least you will find a direction. Yes, after reading this, you will find that we have all been played by the author. It looked like an endless expanse of powder snow, but I accidentally stepped on it. Never trust too much, whether it is others or yourself.

They tried to overturn the oracle, but ended up becoming the gods' playthings. For six cases, God accurately revealed the identity of the murderer. Is it a conjecture without evidence? Or an almost oracular truth? The detective team conducted an in-depth investigation with questions. People's hearts are mysterious, the case is complicated and confusing, and the truth is within reach, but they dare not take another step forward. When evil thoughts gnaw at the heart, when desires erode reason, when lies cover up the truth... You and I are both devils!

"Escape from Psychology" consists of three short psychological thrillers, the protagonists of which are Mary, a psychological counselor and writer. She tried to start her own writing career, but her experiences and her friends seemed to be colluding, and they kept pulling her back to psychology. Story 1: A black man claimed that he could hear the voice of God, and that God was also a black man. He might not be crazy, but Mary was sure he was hiding something. Story 2: A policeman is unable to shake off his guilt after his father-like partner dies in the line of duty. Mary is "deceived" to seek psychological counseling from him, but before she can escape from the case, she is completely trapped. Story 3: Mary's patient refused to take medicine and was a complete lunatic. Mary disappeared mysteriously after an argument with him. When she was found, the police discovered that she had been the victim of a horrific crime. What happened?

Mr. Salim Mazarov is an informal and generous traveler. He traveled far and wide, often taking out diamonds from his jacket pockets in public places and talking to people like a farmer showing off grains of wheat. Until one day, he was finally found dead in a "den of thieves" in the wilderness of northern England. This was clearly a robbery-murder, possibly the work of a homeless man, or a well-planned crime. But the most puzzling thing is that he left all his inheritance to me, Melvin Holt, whom he had only known for less than a few months. When the suspicious eyes of the police and greedy coveters approach at the same time, is this huge inheritance falling from the sky a blessing or a curse?

Weird and bizarre stories do not always appear in deserted and closed valleys or in folklore. In the bustling metropolis, whenever night falls, in pubs, stations, theaters, coffee shops, hospitals... Between yin and yang, terror follows you. Danger is hidden in the details of life that people have not paid attention to, and creepy things happen from time to time. The intertwined emotions of love and hate, the ups and downs of the story, the interpretation of modern style, and the experience of a different Japan.

The Nile River, ancient Egypt, 2000 BC. Renison lost her husband and took her daughter back to the home of her father, who was the high priest. Familiar surroundings and family seem to be the antidote to grief. Nothing seemed to have changed: the two brothers with completely different personalities and their noisy wives, the spoiled younger brother, the wise grandmother, and the childhood playmates who were both brothers and friends... At this time, the father suddenly married a young and beautiful stepmother. Her appearance broke the delicate balance of the family and cast a shadow of death on the entire family. Renison's world begins to crumble around her. "Slowly, gradually, like a dream, finally, death will come..."

The "Edogawa Ranpo Classic Mystery Novels Collection" series contains 3-4 wonderful, independent mystery stories in each volume. Edogawa Ranpo's works draw on a wide range of materials and have unique conceptions. Sometimes they are close to reality, and sometimes they are weird and grotesque. But what remains unchanged is that the plots are always confusing and exciting. Edogawa can always use subtle details to mobilize the deepest fears in readers to the greatest extent, 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.

Brashear, who had been wrongfully imprisoned and had just regained his freedom, met Louise, a beautiful woman who escaped from her home late at night, and learned that she was a woman with a complicated past who was criticized by the locals and was trying to escape from a man she did not love. Her drunken boyfriend and a companion chased her. During the fight, the companion fell and injured his head, and the two had to leave. Immediately came the news that the injured man was dying, and the police launched a hunt for Brashear. His only hope of avoiding being imprisoned again is for the injured in the hospital bed to wake up. However, it seems that some people don't want this to happen... This book also includes three short stories from the Sam Spade series: "Too Many People Have Lived", "They Can Only Hang You Once" and "A Man Named Spade".

The famous Western star Buck Horn plans to return to the screen, but he doesn't want to be shot dead while performing horse stunts in the oval arena. The New York City Police Department mobilized its entire force and conducted an unprecedented search, but to no avail. A month later, at the same place, in the same scene, the God of Death repeated his tricks again, replicating another murder. The two murder cases were the same, but they were also shrouded in mystery: under the watchful eyes of 20,000 spectators, the police were unable to find the murder weapon, the murderer, or the motive.

Ten minutes ago, Pemberton Bryce, who had just been fired, kindly gave directions to a stranger. After walking out of the consultation room, he saw the stranger's body and a mysterious note in the Paradise Cemetery. As the investigation deepens, Bryce is inevitably involved. The jewelry from decades ago reappears in the world, and the grievances and resentments of twenty years never end. The love of the three people rotates back and forth. Can Bryce finally get his wish and get what he longs for?

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