About the author

Leng Xin is an author whose work centers on mystery and suspense; public information about the author is limited, and biographical details are currently unavailable. Judging from the eight titles held in the catalog, the writing is closely connected with Japanese mystery literature. Representative works include The Sound of the Tide, The Beast in the Shadows, The Black Lizard, The Phantom Tower, The Female Demon, and Triple Vortex, along with the six-volume Collected Mystery Stories of Edogawa Ranpo and the anthology Ranpo's Gallery of Strange Figures: The Odd Volume. These titles largely revolve around Edogawa Ranpo's world of bizarre mystery, while also touching on modern romance and foreign literature, suggesting a style that emphasizes eerie atmosphere, criminal psychology, and plot reversals. The available material is not yet enough to trace a full writing career, but readers can sense the author's narrative choices and tastes in suspense through these works.

Written (9)

Ranpo's House of Strange People: Strange Tales Volume cover
Rating 4.1
Ranpo's House of Strange People: Strange Tales Volume Edogawa Ranpo / 羽治 / 冷欣 · 2024 This collection divides its contents into two categories: detective mysteries and bizarre tales. The first: detective mystery stories with tightly int…
Starting from Wonder: The First Philosophy Lesson for Young People cover
Rating 4.2
Starting from Wonder: The First Philosophy Lesson for Young People 刘擎 / Cai Wenjing / Qian Liqing / Chen Yong / Wu Yun / 施璇 / 冷欣 / 高松 Beijing Daily Press · 2022 This book originated from philosophy lectures for young people held at Shanghai Season Wind Bookstore, taught by eight university philosophy departmen…
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Rating 4.5
The Sound of Waves Yukio Mishima / 冷欣 Shaanxi Normal University Press · 2021 A pure and beautiful love story set on a small seaside island in Japan. Shinji, a hardworking and brave young fisherman, meets Hatsue, an ama diver wh…
Edogawa Ranpo Mystery Novel Collection (Complete 6 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.2
Edogawa Ranpo Mystery Novel Collection (Complete 6 Volumes) Edogawa Ranpo / 羽治 / 冷欣 Shaanxi Normal University Press · 2021 This set comprises six volumes, including The Demon of the Lonely Isle, The Siren, The Black Lizard, The Beast in the Shadows, The Triple Vortex, The …
The Triple Vortex (Edogawa Ranpo Mystery Novel Collection) cover
Rating 4.0
The Triple Vortex (Edogawa Ranpo Mystery Novel Collection) Edogawa Ranpo / 冷欣 Shaanxi Normal University Press · 2021 The newly published Edogawa Ranpo Mystery Collection comprises six volumes, including The Demon of the Lonely Isle, The Female Demon, The Black Lizard…
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Rating 3.9
The Ghost Tower Edogawa Ranpo / 冷欣 Shaanxi Normal University Press · 2021 Ghost Tower was built at the end of the Tokugawa era by Watariumiya Ichibei, a wealthy man from Kyushu. Passionate about clocks, he decided to build a…
The Beast in the Shadows cover
Rating 4.2
The Beast in the Shadows Edogawa Ranpo / 羽治 / 冷欣 Shaanxi Normal University Press · 2020 A master of the genre leads you to peer into the abyss—do you dare? I had nearly become his puppet, drawing my deductions from the evidence he laid be…
The Black Lizard cover
Rating 4.0
The Black Lizard Edogawa Ranpo / 羽治 / 冷欣 Shaanxi Normal University Press · 2020 This collection of Edogawa Ranpo's detective fiction includes six classics—The Demon of the Lonely Isle, The Female Demon, The Black Lizard, and other…
Siren cover
Rating 3.8
Siren Edogawa Ranpo / 冷欣 Shaanxi Normal University Press · 2020 This Edogawa Ranpo mystery collection includes six classics such as The Demon of the Lonely Isle and The Banshee, comprising 35 of Ranpo's long, mediu…

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Beijing Daily PressShaanxi Normal University Press