My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was blown away by Tales of Mystery and Imagination, a short story collection of Edogawa Ranpo’s best short stories. His uniquely grotesque and suspenseful mysteries quickly made him one of my favorite authors and made me hungry for more. So naturally, I became very excited when I found more of his work translated into English, and without hesitation, laid my hands on it. Despite how famous Akechi Kogoro stories are in Japanese Mystery fiction, I’ve found myself enjoying other works by Edogawa Ranpo more. Of the two stories in this book, I personally preferred Beast in the Shadows.