When it comes to Japanese reasoning, there is one name that can never be avoided, and that is Edogawa Ranpo.He is the pioneer, the founder, and the spiritual leader and mainstay of Japanese reasoning literature.Without Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese reasoning would be difficult to become literature, let alone the situation of "a hundred flowers blooming" today.Mr. Ranpo has been traveling for nearly half a century, but he is still respected as the "father" by all Japanese writers of mystery novels; the "Edogawa Ranpo Award" named after him is still the most influential in Japan and even the world. One of the best reasoning literature awards.No matter Henggou Masashi or Matsumoto Seicho, no matter Shimada Shoji or Higashino Keigo, they were all influenced by Edogawa Ranpo.

In the face of such a writer, as the most professional publishing platform for mystery novels in China, "Midnight Library" has the obligation and responsibility to help more readers get familiar with Mr. Ranpo's works, understand Mr. Ranpo's great and legendary life, and experience Ranpo. Monsieur's immortal contribution to reasoning literature. Previously, a publishing house had published Edogawa Ranpo's works, but due to various objective conditions, there were regrets of one kind or another in terms of title selection and text translation.New Star Publishing House "Midnight Bunko" strives to create the most standardized and authentic collection of Edogawa Ranpo's works from the most professional perspective for readers.

The publication of the simplified Chinese version is thanks to the copyright owner, Mr. Ranpo’s eldest son, Mr. Sun Hirai, for his strong support; thanks to Mr. Fu Bo, a famous scholar in Taiwan and the first person in Japanese reasoning culture research, for his great efforts. Although I know that no amount of gratitude can express it We are grateful to the two gentlemen. As editors, we can only complete the book to repay the favor of the two gentlemen. The collection of works is edited by Mr. Fu Bo and is divided into thirteen volumes, each volume is equipped with introduction, problem solving, comments by famous experts and precious photos provided by Mr. Ranpo's family.This series of books takes the type of works and the time of creation as clues, trying to systematically, comprehensively and profoundly present the whole picture of Mr. Ranpo. It can be called the most valuable collection of mystery novels in the Chinese-speaking world.

Let us bathe in the light of Ranbu and experience the breadth and depth of reasoning culture.