Edogawa Rampo (1894-1965), renowned as the father of Japanese detective novels, created a comprehensive catalog of mystery fiction tricks titled “Ruibetsu Torikku Shusei” (A Taxonomy of ...

Hirai Taro—who would later become the famed mystery writer Edogawa Rampo—harbors an intense admiration for foreign mystery writers, yet he is still an unknown author who is barely making ends ...

NABARI, Mie Prefecture--A shopkeeper found the only known pocket-book paperback edition of “Hitori Futayaku” (Double role) by mystery writer Edogawa Rampo (1894-1965) in an old warehouse in Kyoto.